Long Island Neurosurgical & Spinal Associates (LINSA)

Brain Surgery

St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center has acquired a new and exciting technology, which allows surgeons to use CAT-scan and MRI pictures to navigate with instruments in the human body [IGS].

This methodology can be used to perform stereotactic biopsies of the brain without the need to place a stereotactic frame on the head of the patient. No more screws that have to be inserted into the skull! In this fashion stereotactic biopsies can be done through small openings (burr holes) while avoiding the need for open craniotomies. It also enables the surgeon to biopsy at much greater depth and in more sensitive areas without significantly increasing the danger for causing further brain damage.