Jose Carlos Alcazaren Neurosurgery

26/10/2024

Thinking about specializing in Neurosurgery in the Philippines? The AFN will show you the path you must take.

Answering the Call to Neurosurgery is a video created for the Academy of Filipino Neurosurgeons and Philippine College of Surgeons, Metro Manila Chapter, in ...

20/04/2024

Gross total excision of a petrotentorial meningioma invading Meckel’s Cave in a patient presenting with trigeminal neuralgia. An extended middle fossa approach with anterior petrosectomy (Kawase) was used to access the tumor through a single vertical incision. Patient woke up painfree without deficit.

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01/06/2022

All you need to know about hemifacial spasm in under a minute 👌🏽

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01/06/2022

Microvascular decompression or MVD is the only treatment option that offers the chance of long term or permanent cure for hemifacial spasm. Find out more about hemifacial spasm and its treatment options on the blog.

What is hemifacial spasm?

29/04/2021

“It is a very harrowing experience to find out that you have a brain tumor. The thought of losing our faculties that define us as human beings: thought, purposeful action, judgement, and language can only be regarded as torture. Most patients and their families are devastated upon learning that they have something growing in their heads.”

Find out more about brain tumors - its warning signs, diagnosis and the first crucial steps in management in this very first primer written by Dr. Jose Carlos Alcazaren for Filipino families.

Jose Carlos S. Alcazaren, MD, FAFN