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CINN Medical Services > Treatments & Technology > Craniotomy

Treatments

Brain Tumors

Craniotomy
Awake craniotomy
Gamma Knife
Transphenoidal approach
Convection-enhanced delivery of chemotherapeutic agent (clinical trial)
Behavioral medicine
Physical therapy
Occupational therapy

Spinal Tumors

High-dose IV corticosteroid therapy (short-term use only)
Iso-C3D-arm
Laminectomy

Back& Neck Pain/Spine

Physical therapy
Occupational therapy
Behavioral medicine
Medication management
Full range of spinal injections (Epidural, Trigger Point, Facet Joint, Saco-iliac Joint)
Radiofrequency neurotomy
Vertebroplasty
Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET)
Iso-C3D-arm
Minimally invasive surgical procedures
  More common procedures include:
Microendoscopic lumbar discectomy
Microendoscopic lumbar fusion
Minimally invasive cervical foraminotomy
Traditional spine surgeries
  More common procedures include:
Laminectomy
Discectomy
Spinal fusion
Disc replacement surgery
 
Single level
Multi-level

Chiari Malformation

Surgery

Epilepsy

Medical management

Facial Pain

Medical management
Radiofrequency neurotomy
Gamma Knife
Microvascular decompression surgery

Headache

Medical management
Injection Therapy
Physical therapy
Surgery

Hemifacial Spasm

Medical management
Injection Therapy
Botulinum toxin (Botox)
Surgery

Parkinson's Disease

Medical management

Multiple Sclerosis

Medical management

Vascular

Minimally invasive endovascular treatment
 
Aneurysm coiling
Bi-plane angiography
Wide-neck aneurysm coiling and stenting
Clot retrieval for stroke
AVM obliteration using a liquid embolic agent
Intra-arterial medication delivery
Stenting for intracranial stenosis (TIAs, stroke)
Gamma Knife
AVM
Non-invasive Optimal Vessel Analysis (NOVA)
Conventional surgery
 
Clipping
Surgical removal of AVM
Carotid endarterectomy
New Paths in Endovascular Surgery (from The CINN Foundation Report)

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Surgery for shunt implantation

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