Treatment Options

Treatment Options for Neurosurgical Conditions at Methodist Richardson

Minimally invasive spinal surgery options and neurosurgical procedures include:

Brain procedures

• Aneurysm clipping
• Bifrontal craniotomy for tumor
• Burr hole drainage
• Coil embolization for brain aneurysm
• Computer tomography (CT) scan
• Craniectomy for Chiari malformation (foramen magnum decompression)
• Craniotomy for epidural hematoma
• Craniotomy for intracerebral hematoma
• Craniotomy for meningioma (brain tumor)
• Craniotomy for subdural hematoma
• Craniotomy for tumor
• Embolization for cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
• Ommaya reservoir placement
• Radiosurgery for tumor
• Resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Stereotactic biopsy
• Suboccipital craniectomy for acoustic neuroma
• Transsphenoidal surgery for tumor
• Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus

Spine procedures

• 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 corpectomy
• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
• Anterior endoscopic cervical microdiscectomy
• Artificial cervical disc replacement (PCM)
• Artificial cervical disc replacement (Prestige®)
• AxiaLIF® (axial lumbar interbody fusion)
• Cervical laminaplasty
• Cervical posterior foraminotomy
• Dekompressor discectomy
• Disc biacuplasty (TransDiscal^TM System)
• Disc replacement lumbar (Charité^TM)
• Disc replacement lumbar (Maverick^TM)
• Facet fixation (US Spine^TM)
• Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET)
• Intralaminar lumbar microendoscopic discectomy
• Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) of the nerves
• Intrathecal pump implant
• Interspinous stabilization (Coflex^TM)
• Interspinous process decompression - X-STOP®
• Kyphoplasty
• Laminectomy
• Laminectomy (cervical)
• Laminectomy (cervical) with fusion
• Lumbar corpectomy
• Lumbar disc microsurgery
• Lumbar discoscopic discectomy
• Lumbar inter-body fusion (IBF)
• Lumbar pedicle screw fixation (CD HORIZON® SEXTANT^TM)
• Lumbar radiofrequency neurotomy
• Lumbar spinous process plating (CD HORIZON® SPIRE^TM)
• Micro endoscopic discectomy
• Micro endoscopic posterior cervical discectomy
• Occipito-cervical fixation (OC Fusion)
• Percutaneous cervical disc nucleoplasty
• Percutaneous disc nucleoplasty
• Percutaneous laser discoplasty
• PLIF: posterior lumbar interbody fusion
• Spinal cord stimulator implant
• Spinal fusion
• Spine stabilization system (DYNESYS®)
• TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
• Total disc replacement
• Vertebral augmentation
• Vertebral body replacement (VBR)
• Vertebroplasty
• XLIF: lateral lumbar interbody fusion
• YESS Selective Endoscopic Discectomy^TM

To find a doctor or request an appointment,
call (214) 947-0000.