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Carissa, a healthy traveler from VA, experienced brain fog in Turkey, later diagnosed as Moyamoya. Surgery at Columbia by Dr. Connolly restored brain blood flow. She’s now recovered and thriving.
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A Spine Story: The Importance of Seeking Multiple Opinions A Retired Nurse’s Assistant and Grandmother Regains Her Ability to Walk and Independence with Dr. Dean Chou
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Summary of awake spine procedure, where the patient does not have to undergo general anesthesia featuring Dr. Andrew Chan at Columbia Neurosurgery.
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On her second day home from the hospital a healthy fit 32-year-old suffered a postpartum stroke.
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Dr. Justin Neira featured in a Spinal Neuro-Oncology Patient Story.
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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