Neurosurgical Techniques

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• Early progressive ambulation in neurosurgical patients with tracheostomy: clinical application and evaluation
• Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in adults with acute traumatic brain injury: a systematic review
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• Simulating Endonasal Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery on Animal Carcasses: A Prospective Observational Study

see Craniotomy

Approaches

• Frame-based stereotactic biopsy
• Frameless neuronavigation-guided biopsy
• Endoscopic-assisted craniotomy
• Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT)
• BrainPath tubular retractor system
• Robotic-assisted stereotaxy

• Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
• Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
• Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS)
• Focused ultrasound thalamotomy
• Stereotactic lesioning (pallidotomy, thalamotomy)
• Intrathecal drug delivery systems (baclofen pumps)
• Corpus callosotomy
• Hemispherectomy / hemispherotomy

• Laminectomy
• Laminotomy
• Foraminotomy
• Discectomy (open, microdiscectomy, endoscopic)

• Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF)
• Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)
• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)
• Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF/XLIF)
• Minimally invasive spinal fusion (MIS-TLIF, OLIF)
• Pedicle screw fixation
• Vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty

• Intramedullary tumor resection
• Extradural or intradural-extramedullary tumor excision

• Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV)
• Choroid plexus coagulation
• Craniosynostosis surgery (strip craniectomy, cranial vault remodeling)
• Myelomeningocele repair
• Posterior fossa decompression for Chiari malformation

• Aneurysm clipping
• Aneurysm coiling (endovascular)
• Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) resection
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Bypass surgery (STA-MCA bypass)
• Cerebral revascularization
• Decompressive craniectomy for stroke or trauma

• Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement
• Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV)
• Lumbar or cisternal drain placement
• Ommaya reservoir insertion

• En bloc tumor resection
• Supratotal resection strategies
• Fluorescence-guided surgery (5-ALA, fluorescein)
• Intraoperative MRI or ultrasound-guided resection
• Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA)

• Intraoperative navigation (neuronavigation)
• Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM)
• Intraoperative MRI/CT
• Ultrasound guidance
• Exoscope and microscope-assisted techniques
• Endoscopic neurosurgery