Treatment Options - Neurosurgery

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Brain procedures

Diagnostic Procedures

• Stereotactic biopsy

Radiology Procedures

• Computer tomography (CT) scan
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)

Aneurysm Treatments

• Aneurysm clipping
• Coil embolization for brain aneurysm

Tumor Surgical Treatments

• Bifrontal craniotomy for tumor
• Craniotomy for meningioma (brain tumor)
• Craniotomy for tumor
• Radiosurgery for tumor
• Suboccipital craniectomy for acoustic neuroma
• Transsphenoidal surgery for tumor

Hematoma Surgical Treatments

• Craniotomy for epidural hematoma
• Craniotomy for intracerebral hematoma
• Craniotomy for subdural hematoma

Other Surgical Procedures

• Burr hole drainage
• Craniectomy for Chiari malformation (foramen magnum decompression)
• Embolization for cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
• Ommaya reservoir placement
• Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus

Spine procedures

Spinal Fusion Treatments

• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) with bone graft and metal plate
• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) with bone graft and pedicle screws
• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
• AxiaLIF® (axial lumbar interbody fusion)
• Facet fixation (US Spine^TM)
• Interspinous stabilization (Coflex^TM)
• Lumbar inter-bodyfusion (IBF)
• Occipito-cervical fixation (OC Fusion)
• PLIF: posterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Spinal fusion
• TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
• XLIF: lateral lumbar interbody fusion

Disc Replacement Treatments

• Artificial cervical disc replacement (PCM)
• Artificial cervical disc replacement (Prestige®)
• Disc replacement lumbar (Charité^TM)
• Disc replacement lumbar (Maverick^TM)
• Total disc replacement

Other Disc Treatments

• Disc biacuplasty (TransDiscal^TM System)

Decompression Treatments

• Interspinous process decompression - X-STOP®
• Laminectomy
• Laminectomy (cervical)
• Laminectomy (cervical) with fusion
• Lumbar corpectomy

Bone Spur Treatments

• Anterior cervical corpectomy

Herniated Disc Treatments

• Anterior endoscopic cervical microdiscectomy
• Dekompressor discectomy
• Intralaminar lumbar microendoscopic discectomy
• Lumbar disc microsurgery
• Lumbar discoscopic discectomy
• Micro endoscopicposterior cervical discectomy
• Percutaneous cervical disc nucleoplasty
• Percutaneous laser discoplasty
• YESS Selective Endoscopic Discectomy^TM

Pinched Nerve Treatments

• Cervical posterior foraminotomy

Other Surgical Treatments & Elements

• Cervical laminaplasty
• Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET)
• Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) of the nerves
• Intrathecal pump implant
• Kyphoplasty
• Lumbar pedicle screw fixation (CD HORIZON® SEXTANT^TM)
• Lumbar spinous process plating (CD HORIZON® SPIRE^TM)
• Lumbar radiofrequency neurotomy
• Micro endoscopicdiscectomy
• Percutaneous disc nucleoplasty
• Spinal cord stimulator implant
• Spine stabilization system (DYNESYS®)
• Vertebral augmentation
• Vertebral body replacement (VBR)
• Vertebroplasty