What Is Microdiscectomy and Who Needs It?
Microdiscectomy removes the herniated part of a lumbar disc that’s pressing on a spinal nerve root. It’s minimally invasive, done through a small incision, and most patients go home the same day. Leg pain relief tends to be immediate. Back pain and nerve...
AVM vs Aneurysm vs Cavernoma: What’s the Difference?
Three conditions, one label covering all of them: brain vascular malformation. But the similarities stop there. An AVM is an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins connected directly, bypassing the capillary system, high flow, high pressure, lifelong rupture risk. An...
Can a Brain Aneurysm Be Treated Without Surgery?
A brain aneurysm does not always mean surgery. Not even close to always. Small, stable, unruptured aneurysms with a low rupture risk are often just watched with serial imaging and nothing more. Where treatment is needed, endovascular coiling or flow diversion seals...