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| SPINE/PERIPHERAL NERVE The Department of Neurosurgery Spine Subsection is headed by Dr. Dzung Dinh. This division comprises the highest volume of all subspecialties with close to 1000 major cases per year. The spine service provides the most advanced treatment for all spinal disorders including degenerative, deformity, trauma, infection, and neoplasm. All faculty members perform routine spinal decompression and diskectomy but there are currently four faculty members who perform spinal instrumentation. All aspects of spinal surgery are practiced including image guided and minimally invasive spinal surgery, endoscopy, kyphoplasty, and artificial disc replacement. A one-year fellowship has been established and we are currently expecting a dedicated faculty member to join the spine subsection in August of 2007. The Peripheral Nerve Subsection is also headed by Dr. Dzung Dinh. The more common nerve entrapment disorders are treated however the neurosurgeons at UICOM-P have extensive experience in microanastomosis, brachial plexus and trauma.
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