Neurosurgery for personal injury

Neurosurgeons operate on the brain and spine: disc herniations with nerve compression, spinal fractures, and the decompression and fusion surgeries that follow a serious accident when injections and therapy have failed.

A neurosurgical consult is a turning point in a personal injury case, for the patient and for the claim, because it puts a surgeon's opinion on the record about what the injury needs. Not every patient has surgery; a documented recommendation for it matters either way. Neurosurgeons who treat injury patients usually work with a surgery center and often accept liens or letters of protection for cases without insurance coverage.