| Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional
Brain and Spine Center provides a variety of additional technologies that offer
patients the latest care close to home. |
| Vagus Nerve Stimulator
For the more than 20 percent of individuals who
do not show improvement in seizure control with
medications, the vagus nerve stimulator, a small
implant often called a "pacemaker for the
brain" may mean the difference between a
chronic debilitating condition and a relatively
normal life.
Southeast's Image Guided Surgery (IGS) System
is the same as IGS systems at major metropolitan
hospitals, including Johns Hopkins, Barnes, Memorial
Sloan Kettering in New York and UCLA.
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Neuro-Navigational System
Southeast neurosurgeons perform complicated and
delicate surgeries to remove brain tumors and
other abnormalities in the brain using a new wireless
Image Guided Surgery (IGS) System. This sophisticated
system allows the surgeon to use precise detail
in performing delicate neurosurgery, and often
times means less surgery time for the patient,
smaller incisions and quicker recovery.
Vertebroplasty
Individuals with painful compression fractures
of the spine may find relief with vertebroplasty,
a minimally invasive procedure performed in Southeast's
radiology department. |
