Pathological aggression is a symptom that appears as a consequence of brain damage, for example, damage secondary to lack of oxygen in childbirth, in some patients with autism, after a major head injury, or after encephalitis, to give some examples. It is associated with aggressive reactions which, in many cases, do not respond to specific … Read more
What is cranial endoscopy? Cranial endoscopy is a set of neurosurgical techniques that use a camera-light system with a working channel to access internal cavities of the central nervous system in the least invasive way possible. In Neurosurgery endoscopy is mainly used for the treatment of pathology related to intracerebral cavities or ventricles through which … Read more
Rhizolysis is a minimally invasive technique that, thanks to the application of radiofrequency, makes it possible to minimize or reduce pain in cases of herniated discs that do not require more aggressive surgical treatment. Normally these are patients who present lumbar involvement of the articular facet and thanks to rhizolysis we manage to reduce or … Read more
One of the most effective treatments to treat both cervical disc herniation and lumbar herniation is rhizolysis, which allows quick and painless pain relief. Dr. Prim, a specialist in Neurosurgery in Barcelona, is one of the experts in performing this technique. Cervical disc herniation and lumbar disc herniation cause enormous pain to patients who suffer … Read more
Epilepsy is a disordered response of a group of brain neurons characterized by an abrupt decrease in the level of consciousness and by the existence of seizures. This is usually the case, but there are other, less dramatic and more complex types of epilepsy. The causes of epilepsy may be various. The most frequent is … Read more
In Spain, between 13,000 and 22,000 new cases of epilepsy are detected every year. According to the Spanish Society of Neurology, there are more than 400,000 people affected by the pathology. Between 70 and 80% of those affected can control their epileptic seizures by means of drugs; however, the remaining 20 to 30% of patients … Read more
What types of brain tumor are there? We can distinguish between benign tumors, which are tumors that grow at the base of the skull or compressing the brain from the covers, and tumors that grow inside the brain. These tumors are mostly malignant and have a worse prognosis than those that only compress the brain. … Read more
As a neurosurgeon you are often confronted with severe pathologies and malignant tumors with irreversible short-term prognosis. These types of tumors, unfortunately, often progress rapidly and patients with these tumors often have very short life expectancies. This is not always the case, but it is true in 95% of cases. It is therefore common for … Read more
There is currently a debate that questions whether or not topping with the head is harmful to health. Dr. Ruiz Ocaña, specialist in Neurosurgery, denies this statement. Head butting is not harmful for different reasons: Statistics. Taking into account that soccer is one of the most practiced sports in the world and that hitting the … Read more
What is a neuronavigator? A neuronavigator is a system that allows to “navigate through the brain”, like the GPS of a car but in the brain. A car’s GPS shows a map of the roads in real time, while in the brain’s GPS there is a mold of the brain made with an MRI and … Read more