Patient Stories
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Dr. Chan determined patient issue was with the lumbosacral level (L5-S1) where the lumbar spine ends/sacral spine begins. Since patient's symptoms persisted despite physical therapy, multiple medications, and an epidural steroid injection, the option of surgery became reasonable.
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Steve Hartler woke up with no feeling on the left side of his body and thought it may have been a stroke. Columbia Neurosurgery's Dr. E. Sander Connolly and his team treated this highly technical AVM procedure and saved his life.
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After an emergency craniotomy and biopsy, Nicole received the news that her tumor was a Grade IV Glioblastoma. See how she's now thriving six years later.
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A patient story featuring minimally invasive spine surgery for disc herniation performed by Dr. Andrew K. Chan.
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patient suffered aneurysm condition of two on either side of the brain
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Increasingly, essential tremor patients are turning to a noninvasive and painless new treatment—focused ultrasound—that has the potential to eliminate their trembling. For several years, Columbia neurosurgeon Gordon Baltuch, MD, PhD, who specializes in the surgical treatment of movement disorders, has been one of a few surgeons in the United States experienced in the technique.
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In a 6-week post-surgery interview, Dr. Raymond Sekula speaks with Tulsie Singh who had been suffering from trigeminal neuralgia since 2020. Mr. Singh traveled from Trinidad to Columbia Neurosurgery. Before working with Dr. Sekula, this patient's facial pain was so severe that he could not put a toothbrush in his mouth and medication did not provide relief. Dr. Sekula discusses using microvascular decompression surgery with a hospital stay of mere hours for this man to be completely pain-free four days later and off all medications.
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With the help of Dr. Paul McCormick, Rachel Scheller wouldn't let a spinal tumor hold her back.
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Dr. Bisant Labib thought she had injured her back. But when doctors found a tumor, she sought out Dr. Paul McCormick at Columbia for treatment.
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When doctors found a tumor on Chuck Myers' spine, he turned to Dr. Paul McCormick at Columbia and the Och Spine Hospital for world-class care.
