Neurosurgical Conditions We Evaluate and Treat

These are among the brain, spine, pituitary, skull base, vascular, and nerve conditions evaluated in the practice. Treatment is individualized and may include observation, medication, rehabilitation, surgery, radiosurgery, or referral to another specialist. This list is not exhaustive; a consultation is needed to determine which option is appropriate.

When Should You See a Neurosurgeon?

A neurosurgical consultation may be appropriate for a diagnosed brain, spine, pituitary, skull base, vascular, or peripheral nerve condition; symptoms linked to an imaging abnormality; or a referral to discuss whether surgery, monitoring, rehabilitation, or another specialist is appropriate. A neurologist primarily diagnoses and manages neurological disease medically, while a neurosurgeon evaluates conditions that may require an operation or other procedural treatment.

Emergency symptoms such as sudden weakness, a severe abrupt headache, loss of consciousness, a new seizure, or a major head injury require urgent emergency care.

Hematomas & Hemorrhages

• Chronic subdural hematoma

• Acute subdural hematoma

• Epidural hematoma

• Intracerebral hemorrhage (lobar, deep, cerebellar)

• Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Hydrocephalus & CSF Disorders

• Hydrocephalus (normal pressure, obstructive)

• Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak

• Pseudotumor cerebri (idiopathic intracranial hypertension)

Brain Tumors

• Gliomas (low-grade, high-grade, glioblastoma)

• Meningioma

• Metastatic brain tumors

• Ependymoma

• Colloid cyst

• Hemangioblastoma

• Pineal region tumors

• Ganglioglioma

• Germinoma

Skull Base & Pituitary Tumors

• Pituitary adenoma

• Craniopharyngioma

• Rathke’s cleft cyst

• Olfactory groove meningioma

• Tuberculum sellae meningioma

• Petroclival meningioma

• Clival chordoma

• Cavernous sinus tumors

• Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)

• Jugular foramen schwannoma

• Skull base epidermoid cyst

• Esthesioneuroblastoma

• Glomus jugulare tumor

• Chordomas

Vascular Disorders

• Intracranial aneurysm

• Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)

• Cavernous malformation (cavernoma)

• Moyamoya disease

• Dural arteriovenous fistula

• Carotid artery stenosis

• Cerebral ischemia

Functional & Cranial Nerve Disorders

• Trigeminal neuralgia

• Hemifacial spasm

• Glossopharyngeal neuralgia

• Epilepsy (medically refractory)

Congenital & Developmental Disorders

• Chiari malformation

• Dandy-Walker syndrome

• Craniosynostosis

• Tethered spinal cord

• Spina bifida

• Arachnoid cysts

Traumatic Brain Injury

• Severe head injury

• Brain contusions

• Skull fractures

• Diffuse axonal injury

• Penetrating brain injuries

Spine Disorders & Conditions

Degenerative Spine Diseases

• Lumbar disc herniation

• Cervical disc herniation

• Spinal stenosis (cervical, lumbar)

• Degenerative disc disease

• Spondylolisthesis

• Spondylosis

Spinal Tumors

• Intradural extramedullary tumors (e.g., schwannoma, meningioma)

• Intramedullary tumors (e.g., ependymoma, astrocytoma)

• Vertebral body lesions (e.g., metastases, chordoma)

Spinal Trauma

• Vertebral fractures

• Spinal cord injury

• Spinal instability

• Burst fractures

Congenital & Developmental Spine Disorders

• Tethered spinal cord syndrome

• Spina bifida

• Syringomyelia

• Arachnoiditis

Infections & Inflammatory Conditions

• Spinal epidural abscess

• Osteomyelitis

• Discitis

Peripheral Nerve Disorders

• Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Peripheral nerve tumors (e.g., schwannoma, neurofibroma)

Pediatric Neurosurgical Conditions

• Pediatric brain tumors

• Hydrocephalus

• Craniosynostosis

• Spina bifida

• Tethered cord syndrome

• Chiari malformation

• Epilepsy

• Arachnoid cysts

Minimally Invasive & Diagnostic Procedures

• Stereotactic brain biopsy

• Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV)

• Endoscopic endonasal surgery