The most common nerve pain caused by disc problems is sciatica — where the affected disc presses on the sciat
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Awake brain tumor surgery, also known as intraoperative brain mapping, is a procedure performed while the patient i
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The first treatment for pineal region tumors is surgery, if possible. The goal of surgery is to obtain tissue to de
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Chemotherapy is usually used in combination with radiation therapy to treat gliomas. The chemotherapy drug used mos
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A meningioma is a tumor that arises from the meninges — the membranes that surround the brain and spinal
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Schwannoma is a rare type of tumor that forms in the nervous system. Schwannoma grows from cells called Schwann cel
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Pituitary tumors are abnormal growths that develop in your pituitary gland. Some pituitary tumors result in too many of
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Gamma Knife surgery is a painless computer-guided treatment that delivers highly focused radiation to tumors and le
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Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a surgical procedure to relieve abnormal compression of a cranial nerve causing tri
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Balloon compression is a surgical procedure used to treat trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic pain condition that affec
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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) uses many precisely focused radiation beams to treat tumors and other problems in t
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Radiofrequency (RF) rhizotomy or neurotomy is a therapeutic procedure designed to decrease and/or eliminate pain symptom
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A spinal cord tumor also called an intradural tumor, is a spinal tumor that begins within the spinal cord or t
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During microsurgical clipping, a small metal clip is used to stop blood flow into the aneurysm. A craniotomy is per
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A traumatic spinal cord injury can stem from a sudden, traumatic blow to your spine that fractures, dislocates, cru
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Spinal tuberculosis causes the destruction, collapse of vertebrae, and angulation of the vertebral column (rig
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Minimally invasive spine surgery is a type of surgery on the bones of your spine. This type of surgery uses smaller
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Complex spine surgery is a term your surgeon may use to describe the procedure planned for your condition. Complex refer
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Spinal fusion is surgery to permanently connect two or more vertebrae in your spine, eliminating motion between the
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Spinal fusion, also called spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a neurosurgical or orthopedic surgical technique that j
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Tethered spinal cord syndrome is a neurological disorder caused by tissue attachments that limit the movement of th
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Spinal deformity surgery is a complicated operation with a high frequency of complications. The primary goal of deformit
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Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that most often is diagnosed in adolescents. While scoliosis can occ
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Vertebroplasty is an outpatient procedure for stabilizing compression fractures in the spine. Bone cement is inject
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Kyphoplasty are procedure used to treat painful vertebral compression fractures in the spinal column, which are a common
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Sensory ataxia is caused by the impairment of the somatosensory nerve, which leads to the interruption of sensory f
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A lesionectomy is an operation to remove a lesion -- a damaged or abnormally functioning area -- in the brain. Brai
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Hemispherectomy is a neurosurgical procedure in which a cerebral hemisphere is removed or disconnected that is used to t
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Corpus callosotomy is a palliative surgical procedure for the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy. In this proced
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Vagus nerve stimulation involves the use of a device to stimulate the vagus nerve with electrical impulses. An impl
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Multiple subpial transections (MST) is a surgical technique by which connections of the epileptic focus are partial
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A ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a thin plastic tube that helps drain extra cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the
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Ventriculostomy is a neurosurgical procedure that involves creating a hole (stoma) within a cerebral ventricle for
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'Skull Base Surgery' represents a genuinely multi-disciplinary collaborative approach to the standard procedures
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Headache is a pain in any region of the head. Headaches may occur on one or both sides of the head, be isolated to a cer
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The cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown. It's considered an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune sys
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The proposed treatment for CCSVI sometimes referred to as “liberation therapy”, is an angioplasty proce
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The procedure, known as “liberation therapy” but commonly called venoplasty, involved dilating and some
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Temporal lobe resection, also called temporal lobectomy, is a surgery that can lower the number of seizures you hav
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to move and maintain balance and pos
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A craniotomy is the surgical removal of part of the bone from the skull to expose the brain.
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Cranioplasty is the surgical repair of a bone defect in the skull resulting from a previous operation or injury.&nb
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In some cases, traditional surgery may be needed to drain blood from the brain or to repair damaged blood vessels. Drain
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Thrombectomy is a procedure to remove a blood clot from a blood vessel. It can be used for some people who've had a
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves implanting electrodes within certain areas of the brain. These electrodes produce
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Parkinson's disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in the part of the brain called the substantia nigra. Ne
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Carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a build-up of fatty deposits (plaque), which cause the nar
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The procedure involves temporarily inserting and inflating a tiny balloon into the clogged artery to widen the area
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A brain aneurysm is a bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain. An aneurysm often looks like a berry hang
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Endovascular coiling is a procedure performed to block blood flow into an aneurysm (a weakened area in the wal
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