NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS

Patient Information Brochures

The Neurosurgical Society of Australasia is currently in the process of developing detailed patient information brochures for neurosurgical procedures. As the brochures are complete a one page summary will be available here. The more detailed versions, which may be used by your surgeon during your consultation, may be provided by your surgeon during your consultation.

Lumbar Spine Discectomy

 

Procedures Performed by Neurosurgeons

Neurosurgeons perform the full range of procedures on the head, spine and peripheral nerves. Examples of some of the procedures performed by neurosurgeons include:

• Traumatic heamatomas
• Craionotomies for brain tumours
• Cerebral Aneurysms
• Spinal Disc Arthroplasty
• Spinal Discectomies
• Spinal Tumours
• Laminectomy and Laminoplasty for Canal Stenosis
• Spinal Fusions
• Shunt Procedures
• Tethered Spinal Cord
• Brachial Plexus Exploration
• Carpal Tunnel
• Nerve Repair
• Neurectomy

Conditions Treated by Neurosurgeons

Examples of some of the conditions treated by neurosurgeons include:

• Head trauma
• Spinal trauma
• Brain tumours
• Spinal tumours and vascular lesions
• Degenerative spine disorders
• Spinal stenosis
• Malignant gliomas
• Benign meningiomas
• Metastatic lesions
• Hydrocephalus  
• Parkinson's disease
• Peripheral nerve damage
• Epliepsy