NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY IS A DISCIPLINE OF MEDICINE AND THAT SPECIALTY OF SURGERY WHICH PROVIDES THE OPERATIVE AND NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT ( ie., PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, EVALUATION, TREATMENT, CRITICAL CARE, AND REHABILITATION) OF DISORDERS OF THE CENTRAL, PERIPHERAL, AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THEIR SUPPORTING STRUCTURES AND VASCULAR SUPPLY: THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSES WHICH MODIFY THE FUNCTION OR ACTIVITY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE HYPOPHYSIS: AND THE OPERATIVE AND NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN.

AS SUCH, NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY ENCOMPASSES TREATMENT OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN, MENINGES, AND SKULL, AND THEIR BLOOD SUPPLY, INCLUDING THE EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID AND VERTEBRAL ARTERIES: DISORDERS OF THE PITUITARY GLAND; DISORDERS OF THE SPINAL CORD; MENINGES. AND VERTEBRAL COLUMN, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH MAY REQUIRE TREATMENT BY SPINAL FUSION OR INSTRUMENTATION; AND DISORDERS OF THE CRANIAL AND SPINAL NERVES THROUGHOUT THEIR DISTRIBUTION.

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