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Dr Timothy Steel’s Surgery Videos

Dr Timothy Steel’s Surgery Videos is designed as an educational resource, showcasing current and cutting-edge neurosurgery and spinal surgery procedures.

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Some videos contain open surgery and may be too graphic for some users.

Surgery

Microvascular Decompression

This patient with Trigeminal Neuralgia had surgery in 2012 by another surgeon at another institution. Initially, she felt well, but pain gradually returned over several years, caused by the Teflon pledgets left at the time of the initial surgery, which is very uncommon. This video shows finding the Teflon pledges stuck to the nerve and the process of gently dissecting them off.

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Surgery

Nerve Root Decompression

The patient in this video had severe sciatica due to nerve root compression. Surgery was performed to decompress the nerve.

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Surgery

Cervical Discectomy

This patient had severe pain in their right arm from a cervical disc protrusion. An MRI showed a right-sided C5-6 disc protrusion causing nerve root compression. The patient underwent a right C5-6 micro discectomy and woke up from surgery with no arm pain.

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A First-Hand View

Videos In Our Surgery Series

Microvascular Decompression

Microvascular Decompression 3:27

This patient with Trigeminal Neuralgia had surgery in 2012 by another surgeon at another institution. Initially, she felt well, but the pain gradually returned over several years. This is a short video is of her repeat surgery, cut down from 1 hour to 3 mins.

Nerve Root Decompression

Nerve Root Decompression 3:20

The patient in this video had severe sciatica due to nerve root compression. Surgery was performed to decompress the nerve.

Cervical Discectomy

Cervical Discectomy 3:08

This patient had severe pain in their right arm from a cervical disc protrusion. An MRI showed a right-sided C5-6 disc protrusion causing nerve root compression. The patient underwent a right C5-6 micro discectomy and woke up from surgery with no arm pain.

Other websites in the Dr Timothy Steel Content Network

Dr Timothy Steel’s Neurosurgery Journal

An index of new and interesting neurosurgery and spinal surgery news, technologies, techniques and research.

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Dr Timothy Steel’s Surgical Results

This website contains several case studies of Dr Timothy Steel’s surgeries.

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Dr Timothy Steel

Dr Timothy Steel is a leading neurosurgeon and spine surgeon

Dr Timothy Steel is a leading neurosurgeon and spine surgeon based in Sydney with more than 18 years experience as a consultant neurosurgeon. He underwent 10 years of surgical training after his internship at some of the finest hospitals in Australia, the United States of America and England.

Much of his time as a neurosurgeon has been spent at the leading edge of spine surgery in Australia, helping people attain a better quality of life. His meticulous approach to surgery and specialised individual patient care has established his international reputation.

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