The Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for children with a wide variety of pediatric neurosurgical disorders through Penn State Children's Hospital at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, including:

• Brain, skull base, and spinal cord tumors
• Chiari malformations and syringomyelia
• Craniosynostosis and craniofacial disorders (in conjunction with the Craniofacial Center)
• Epilepsy surgery (including resections, hemispherectomy, callosotomy vagal nerve stimulators)
• Head and spine trauma
• Hydrocephalus and intracranial cysts
• Molding helmet therapy for positional plagiocephaly (in consultation with Orthotics)
• Neurosurgical endoscopy
• Prenatal counseling for fetal brain and spinal anomalies
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Spina bifida and other congenital brain and spinal disorders (in conjunction with the Spina Bifida Clinic)
• Spinal cord tethering
• Treatment of brachial plexus injuries
• Treatment of Pituitary tumors
• Treatment of spasticity with selective posterior rhizotomy and intrathecal Baclofen pumps
• Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy

Questions and referrals can be directed to (717) 531-0857.

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