What’s the difference between neurology and neurosurgery?
Neurologists and neurosurgeons are both highly trained specialists who focus on the nervous system. But there is a difference. Neurologists specialize primarily in diagnosing neurological problems and treating them without surgery. (Most neurological conditions — whether degenerative, infection-related, inflammatory or inherited — can be effectively treated without surgery. However, many conditions are most appropriately and effectively treated with neurological surgery, which is performed by a neurosurgeon. Neurosurgical procedures include but are not limited to brain and spine tumors, blood-vessel malformations in the brain and surgical repair of various nerve-related problems, including every type of spine surgery.
