Neuro Surgery

Neurosurgery, or Neurological surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and Cerebrovascular system.

Neurosurgery is often colloquially referred to as "brain surgery" though Neurosurgeons often operate on the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system as well.