About Midwest Neurosurgery Associates
The goal of spine surgery and neurosurgery is to relieve pain, restore function, and help you achieve your best life. The physicians and staff of Midwest Neurosurgery Associates are committed to providing the highest quality of spine and neurosurgical care.
Individualized care, state of the art techniques
Our goal is to provide outstanding care in a patient-centered environment. We take pride in being able to offer individualized care, state-of-the-art techniques and close communication with referring and primary care physicians to ensure the best outcomes.
We are dedicated to providing comprehensive neurosurgical care and appreciate the trust you have placed in us. We will do everything in our power to merit your confidence.
To make an appointment, call us at 816-363-2500
Conditions we treat
We offer services to support a wide range of brain, neck, and back-related conditions, including:
- Acoustic euroma (Vestibular schwannoma)
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- Aneurysms
- Benign essential tremor
- Brain cancer
- Brain tumors
- Cavernous malformations
- Chiari malformations
- Colloid cyst
- Concussions
- Hemifacial spasms
- Hydrocephalus
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neck pain
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Scoliosis
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Upper and lower back pain
Our treatments and services
Our neurosurgeons will discuss all available surgical and non-surgical management options in detail, so that you and your family will understand the potential risks and benefits in order to make an informed choice. We offer a range of treatments and services to support your brain, neck and back.
Neck pain treatments
Whether it results from bad posture, an overuse injury, degeneration from aging, or trauma, neck pain can be rough. For some, pain may only last for a few hours, but for others it may linger for days. Chronic neck pain may continue for weeks, or even years. Our physicians treat the root cause of neck pain to return you to your previous state of good health. Procedures we offer include:
- Anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (ACDF) – A neck surgery where the neck is entered from the front and the damaged cervical disc is removed.
- Artificial disc replacement – A procedure that involves replacing a damaged disc with a device designed to function like a human disc.
- Cervical corpectomy – A surgical procedure to remove vertebral bone and the intervertebral disc material in the neck.
- Cervical foraminotomy – A surgical procedure used to relieve pressure on spinal nerves by widening the area around those nerves.
- Cervical laminectomy – a surgical procedure used to relieve pressure on spinal nerves by widening the area around those nerves.
- Cervical laminoplasty – A surgical procedure that reshapes or repositions bone to relieve stress on the spinal nerves in the cervical spine.
Our surgical procedures use intraoperative monitoring, and advanced monitoring of the nerves to help prevent damage to the nervous system and guide the surgeon to have a safe and optimal outcome.
Upper and lower back pain treatments
There are many types of conditions that cause back pain. Like most medical conditions, back pain is treatable through several methodologies. Determining what condition you have is the key to determining the right treatment option for you. Back pain comes in many forms. Lower back pain, middle back pain, and upper back pain are just a few of the symptoms associated with spinal conditions. You may also have pain or tingling in your extremities that may be indications of spinal conditions. We offer a number of surgical solutions for back issues, including:
- Anterior and posterior scoliosis surgery
- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)
- Balloon khyphoplasty
- Direct lateral interbody fusion (DLIF)
- Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF)
- Lumbar epidural steroid injection
- Lumbar laminectomy
- Lumbar puncture (also called a spinal tap)
- Microvascular decompression
- Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy
- Physical therapy
- Posterolateral lumbar fusion
- Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF)
- Transforaminal lumbar fusion
- Sacroiliac (SI) joint fusion
- Scoliosis bracing
- Water therapy
Hand and elbow care
Our physicians provide care for hand and elbow conditions that may have a single root cause, or be the result of a number of nerve issues. We offer care for:
- Arthritis
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Ulnar nerve entrapment
Your physician will work with you to diagnose your hand or elbow condition, and will prepare a treatment plan that may include rest, a brace, physical therapy or surgery.
Brain surgery and treatments
Neurological diseases and disorders can have a profound impact on quality of life, your family, and friends. Our physicians offer state-of the-art treatments for any brain problem—from craniotomies for brain tumors, aneurysms and trauma, to bloodless Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumors, arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia and more. Your doctor will work with you to determine your diagnosis and best course of treatment and help you get back to a better way of life.
Treatments we offer
We offer therapies and surgical solutions for head and brain conditions including:
- Craniotomy for aneurysm, AVM and brain tumors
- Deep brain stimulation
- Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery
- Microvascular decompression for Trigeminal neuralgia
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
About stereotactic radiosurgery
Stereotactic radiosurgery is an alternative to traditional brain surgery and radiation therapy for the treatment of complex, difficult to treat brain conditions. It is a sophisticated system that can be used to replace brain surgery or whole brain radiation therapy in some situations. It uses gamma radiation delivered by up to 192 individual beams, which intersect at a single spot with an accuracy of less than one-tenth of a millimeter (about the thickness of a sheet of paper). This system can be used to treat targets even in the most critical, difficult-to-access areas of the brain while sparing nearby healthy tissue. It can also be used to shrink or prevent additional growth of brain lesions without opening the skull, without general anesthesia, and without the need for an overnight hospital stay. Patients can typically return home the same day of the procedure.
If you have a condition that might benefit from this treatment, we invite you to speak with our surgeons.
