Brain & Spine Health Topics

Mayfield Clinic neurosurgeons specialize in the compassionate care of patients with diseases and disorders of the brain and spine.
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At Mayfield, providing accurate, impartial, well-balanced health information is our priority. The Mayfield Certified seal means that our health information follows the HON code of ethics and the additional guidelines and methods our Patient Education Committee developed to ensure validity and content accuracy consistent with Hi-Ethics principles. For more information about our editorial policy, click here.

To help you maximize your understanding, we offer information at three levels:
	Basic Level. Provides general information about a condition, including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment options. Suitable for those newly diagnosed.
	Advanced Level. Explores specific treatments, explaining what happens before, during, and after a procedure. Discusses the indications, results and side effects of a procedure. Suitable for those examining various treatment options.
	Professional Level. Describes new treatments, compares outcomes and discusses results of research and clinical trials. Written by our physicians and published in medical journals, reprints of these articles may be requested from us. Suitable for those well informed about their condition and familiar with medical terms.