Services & Procedures

Spine Surgery

• Cervical Arthroplasty

 • Minimally Invasive Microdiscectomy
• Minimally Invasive Lumbar Laminectomy
• Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusions
• Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity Correction
• Nucleoplasty (percutaneous disc decompression)
• Anterior Cervical Discectomy
• Anterior Cervical Corpectomy
• Anterior/Posterior 360 Degree Cervical Fusion for Deformity Correction and Cervical
Spondylotic Myelopathy
• Posterior Cervical Laminoplasty
• Thoracotomy/Retroperitoneal Approach for Thoracic Vertebrectomy
• Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar Trauma Surgery
• Revision of Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar Spine Surgery
• Removal of Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Tumors
• Suboccipital Craniotomy for Chiari Malformation
• Shunting of Spinal Cord Syringomyelia (Syrinx)
• Treatment of failed Back Syndrome
• Implantation and Revision of Spinal Cord Stimulators
• Implantation and Revision of Baclofen and Morphine Pumps
• Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty (percutaneous treatment of compression fractures)
• Lumbar Peritoneal Shunting for Pseudotumor Cerebri

Brain Surgery

• Craniotomy for:
- Primary Brain Tumor Resection
- Metastatic Brain Tumor Resection
- Arteriovenous Malformation Resection
- Cavernous Angioma Resection
- Management of Closed Head Injury and Raised Intracranial Pressure
- Evacuation of Subdural and Epidural Hematoma
- Repair of Open and Closed Depressed Skull Fractures
- Repair of Skull Base Fractures and Repair of CSF Leaks
- Evacuation of Intracerebral Hematoma from Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Decompressive Craniotomy for the Treatment of Malignant Intracranial Hypertension
- Cranioplasty
- Transphenoidal Craniotomy for Pituitary Tumors and Sellar Lesions

• Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Procedures for:
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Obstructive Hydrocephalus
- Endoscopic Placement of Ventricular Catheter
- Endoscopic Cyst Fenestration
- Revision of Failed Shunts
- Programmable Valve Placement and Programming
- Ommaya Reservoir Placement for Intrathecal Chemotherapy

Frameless Stereotactic Neuronavigation for:

• Brain Tumor localization and Resection
• Placement of Spinal Instrumentation in Complex Spine Reconstructive Surgery
• Stereotacic Tumor Biopsy
• Multi-Voxel MR Spectroscopy Guided Tumor Biopsy

Peripheral Nerve Surgery

• Vagal Nerve Stimulator Placement for:
- Epilepsy
- Depression
• Carpal Tunnel Release
• Ulnar Nerve Decompression
• Peripheral Nerve Tumor Resection or Biopsy
• Peripheral Nerve Repair

Pediatric Neurosurgery

• Surgical and Medical Management of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
• Placement Vagal Nerve Stimulator for Epilepsy
• Emergent Management of Failed Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunts