The Acute Adult Neurosurgical Service is provided at the Vancouver General Hospital with a total census of 61 beds, including ten special care unit beds. Comprehensive services are provided for all neurosurgical illnesses, to include brain and spinal cord tumors, hemorrhages, traumatic injuries, plus some degenerative conditions of the spine and brain.
Expertise is provided in major peripheral nerve reconstruction and multi-system trauma.
Over 1,800 in-patients per year are treated. The pediatric service is the major provincial referral center for most surgical diseases of patients up to and under the age of 17 and provides comprehensive care of all pediatric neurosurgical problems. Approximately 300 neurosurgical operations per year are done by the pediatric service. One of a kind pediatric services include the Spinal Dysraphic Clinic, surgery for the relief of intractable epilepsy and for spasticity. These latter include expert nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, social workers, clinical instructors and clinical specialists, among others.