When Timothy Steel, both a neurosurgeon and a spine surgeon, began his career 20 years ago, spine operations were risky procedures followed by intensive care.…
Dr Timothy SteelNovember 7, 2018
Finding Balance: Dr Timothy Steel’s Perspective on Children and Mobile Devices
In this digital age, the question of screen time for children has become a pressing concern. As a neurosurgeon, I…
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A schwannoma is a tumour which originates from Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. They are usually slow-growing and benign, but can infrequently show…
Dr Timothy SteelNovember 6, 2018
A 65yr old female patient presented with severe left sided neck pain just below the skull. The pain had come on some years earlier but…
Dr Timothy SteelNovember 6, 2018
A 19-year-old construction worker was brought into hospital having been found unconscious at the bottom of a stairwell at work. He had been unconscious for…
Dr Timothy SteelNovember 6, 2018
A common story - severe arm pain from a cervical disc protrusion. This patient had right arm symptoms, and an MRI showed a right-sided C5-6…
Dr Timothy SteelOctober 30, 2018
Back pain and/or sciatica are painful conditions that affect most people at some point in their lives. Sciatica is caused by nerve root compression/irritation, commonly…
Dr Timothy SteelOctober 30, 2018