Neurosurgery as a Treatment Option

Neurosurgical Condition Treatments for at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center

The physicians at Methodist Health System are dedicated to advancing neurosurgery through minimally invasive procedures.

Minimally invasive spinal surgery options and neurosurgical procedures include:

Brain Procedures

Diagnostic Procedures

• Stereotactic biopsy

Radiology Procedures

• Computer tomography (CT) scan
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)

Aneurysm Treatments

• Aneurysm clipping
• Coil embolization for brain aneurysm

Tumor Surgical Treatments

• Bifrontal craniotomy for tumor
• Craniotomy for meningioma (brain tumor)
• Craniotomy for tumor
• Radiosurgery for tumor
• Suboccipital craniectomy for acoustic neuroma
• Transsphenoidal surgery for tumor

Hematoma Surgical Treatments

• Craniotomy for epidural hematoma
• Craniotomy for intracerebral hematoma
• Craniotomy for subdural hematoma

Other Surgical Procedures

• Burr hole drainage
• Craniectomy for Chiari malformation (foramen magnum decompression)
• Embolization for cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
• Ommaya reservoir placement
• Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus

Spine Procedures

Spinal Fusion Treatments

• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) with bone graft and metal plate
• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) with bone graft and pedicle screws
• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
• AxiaLIF® (axial lumbar interbody fusion)
• Facet fixation (US Spine^TM)
• Interspinous stabilization (Coflex^TM)
• Lumbar inter-bodyfusion (IBF)
• Occipito-cervical fixation (OC Fusion)
• PLIF: posterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Spinal fusion
• TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
• XLIF: lateral lumbar interbody fusion

Disc Replacement Treatments

• Artificial cervical disc replacement (PCM)
• Artificial cervical disc replacement (Prestige®)
• Disc replacement lumbar (Charité^TM)
• Disc replacement lumbar (Maverick^TM)
• Total disc replacement

Other Disc Treatments

• Disc biacuplasty (TransDiscal^TM System)

Decompression Treatments

• Interspinous process decompression - X-STOP®
• Laminectomy
• Laminectomy (cervical)
• Laminectomy (cervical) with fusion
• Lumbar corpectomy

Bone Spur Treatments

• Anterior cervical corpectomy

Herniated Disc Treatments

• Anterior endoscopic cervical microdiscectomy
• Dekompressor discectomy
• Intralaminar lumbar microendoscopic discectomy
• Lumbar disc microsurgery
• Lumbar discoscopic discectomy
• Micro endoscopicposterior cervical discectomy
• Percutaneous cervical disc nucleoplasty
• Percutaneous laser discoplasty
• YESS Selective Endoscopic Discectomy^TM

Pinched Nerve Treatments

• Cervical posterior foraminotomy

Other Surgical Treatments & Elements

• Cervical laminaplasty
• Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET)
• Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) of the nerves
• Intrathecal pump implant
• Kyphoplasty
• Lumbar pedicle screw fixation (CD HORIZON® SEXTANT^TM)
• Lumbar spinous process plating (CD HORIZON® SPIRE^TM)
• Lumbar radiofrequency neurotomy
• Micro endoscopicdiscectomy
• Percutaneous disc nucleoplasty
• Spinal cord stimulator implant
• Spine stabilization system (DYNESYS®)
• Vertebral augmentation
• Vertebral body replacement (VBR)
• Vertebroplasty