Our Services:
Our Division provides state-of-the-art management for the following neurosurgical disorders:
Brain:
- Primary and metastatic tumors:
- Stereotactic biopsy
- Excision of brain tumors with frameless neuronavigation
- Pituitary tumors with microscopic or endoscopic approach
- Cerebellopontine angle tumors including acustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas)
- Placement of Ommaya reservoirs for chemotherapy
- Vascular malformations
- Excision of cavernoma
- Resection of arteriovenous malformation with or without embolization
- Moya-Moya disease
- Stroke
- Extracranial-Intracranial bypass
- Decompressive hemicraniectomy for stroke emergency
- Brain Aneurysms (simple and complex) with use of intraoperative ICG fluorescence
- Hydrocephalus
- Ventriculoperitoneal, cystoperitoneal and lumboperitoneal shunts
- Revision of implanted shunts
- Replacement or removal of shunts
- Traumatic Brain Injury:
- Decompressive craniectomy
- Neurocritical care including intracranial pressure monitoring
- Craniofacial deformity including repair of skull defects
- Skull fracture repairs
- CSF leak repairs
- Skull and orbit tumors
Spine:
- Degenerative spine:
- Cervical, thoracic and lumbar foraminotomy
- Anterior diskectomy and fusion (ACDF)
- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)
- Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF)
- Transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF)
- Posterior occipitocervical fusion
- Anterior-Posterior spine stabilization procedures (360)
- Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty procedures
- Laminectomy and diskectomy
- Failed back syndrome
- Spine trauma: We provide care to all acute neurosurgical emergencies of the spine in the area including
- Spinal cord injury
- Traumatic fractures of the spine
- Halo placement
- Intraoperative reduction of subluxations of the spine (cervical, thoracic or lumbar)
- Spinal cord tumors
- Laminectomy with biopsy of spinal cord tumor
- Laminectomy with excision of spinal cord tumor
- Vertebrectomy and stabilization
- Intraoperative neuronavigation for resection of spinal cord tumors
- Spinal deformity
- Other spinal cord lesions
- Laminectomy with cyst or syrinx drainage
- Pain
- Electronic analysis of programmable pumps including replacements
- Percutaneous placement of neurostimulators
Peripheral Nerve:
- Nerve compression: carpal tunnel release, ulnar nerve decompression (Guyon and elbow compression neuropathies), brachial plexus injury
- Nerve tumors: excision of nerve tumors, intraoperative neuromonitoring and neurostimulation
Pediatric Neurosurgery:
- Hydrocephalus
- Placement of shunts
- Neuroendoscopy: Third ventriculostomy, ventriculocisternostomy
- Treatment of complex hydrocephalus
- Congenital anomalies of the spine
- Meningocele repair
- Tethered cord release
- Encephalocele repair