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Conditions	Treatments
A
acoustic neuroma	360° Approach
acromegaly	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
adenocarcinoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
adenoid cystic carcinoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
adenoma (pituitary tumor)	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
aneurysm, cerebral (brain)	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) Neuroendovascular Surgery aneurysm coiling
angiofibroma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
angioma	NeuroendoportSM Surgery
apoplexy, pituitary	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
arachnoid cyst	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
arteriovenous malformation (AVM)/fistula	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) NeuroendoportSM Surgery Neuroendovascular Surgery AVM embolization ethanol sclerotherapy permanent vessel sacrifice
B
basilar invagination (Chiari malformation)	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
brain abscess	NeuroendoportSM Surgery
brain aneurysm (cerebral)	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) Neuroendovascular Surgery aneurysm coiling
brain tumor	Awake Craniotomy Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) NeuroendoportSM Surgery
C
carcinoma, adenoid cystic	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach(EEA)
carcinoma, squamous cell	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) NeuroendoportSM Surgery
carotid-cavernous sinus fistula	Neuroendovascular Surgery
cavernous carotid fistula	Neuroendovascular Surgery embolization
cerebral (brain) aneurysm	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) Neuroendovascular Surgery aneurysm coiling
cerebral hemorrhage	NeuroendoportSM Surgery
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
cervical spinal stenosis	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
cholesteatoma/cholesterol granuloma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
chondroma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
chondrosarcoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
chordoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
compression fracture	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
cranial nerve disorders	Cranial Nerve Disorders
craniofacial fracture	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
craniofacial malformation	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
craniopharyngioma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
Cushing’s disease	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) Neuroendovascular Surgery evaluation by petrosal sinus sampling
cyst, colloid	NeuroendoportSM Surgery
cyst, Rathke cleft	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
cyst, synovial	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
D
dermoid tumor	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
disc herniation	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
disc rupture/hernia	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
dysplasia, fibrous	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
E
encephalocele	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
epidermoid tumor	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
esthesioneuroblastoma (olfactory neuroblastoma)	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
epilepsy	Awake Craniotomy evaluation by WADA testing
extracranial vertebral artery disease	Neuroendovascular Surgery carotid angioplasty and stenting
F
fibrous dysplasia	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
fistula, carotid-cavernous sinus	Neuroendovascular Surgery
fistula, cavernous carotid	Neuroendovascular Surgery embolization
fracture, compression	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
fracture, craniofacial	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
G
geniculate neuralgia	Cranial Nerve Disorders
glioblastoma multiforme	Awake Craniotomy NeuroendoportSM Surgery
glioma	Awake Craniotomy NeuroendoportSM Surgery
glomus tumor	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
glossopharyngeal neuralgia	Cranial Nerve Disorders
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H
hemangioma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) NeuroendoportSM Surgery
hemangiopericytoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
hemifacial spasm (facial twitch)	Cranial Nerve Disorders
hemorrhage, cerebral/intracranial	NeuroendoportSM Surgery
herniated disc	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
I
inflammatory pseudotumor	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
injury, spinal	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
intracranial hemorrhage	NeuroendoportSM Surgery
invasive fungal sinusitis	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
inverting papilloma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
L
lateral femoral cutaneous nerve syndrome	Cranial Nerve Disorders
lumbar disc rupture/herniation	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
M
macroadenoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
malignant meningioma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
meningioma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
meningocele	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
metastatic cancer	Awake Craniotomy NeuroendoportSM Surgery
microadenoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
N
neuralgia, geniculate	Cranial Nerve Disorders
neuralgia, glossopharyngeal	Cranial Nerve Disorders
neuralgia, occipital	Cranial Nerve Disorders
neuralgia, trigeminal	Cranial Nerve Disorders
neuroblastoma, olfactory	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
neurofibroma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
neurolemmoma, vestibular schwannoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
neuroma, acoustic (vestibular schwannoma)	360° Approach
O
occipital neuralgia	Cranial Nerve Disorders
odontoid	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
olfactory neuroblastoma (esthesioneuroblastoma)	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
optic nerve compression	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
osteoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
osteomyelitis	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
osteporosis	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
osteosarcoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
P
pain, back or disc	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
papilloma, inverting	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
paraganglioma (glomus tumor)	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
pituitary apoplexy	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
pituitary tumor (adenoma)	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
pseudotumor cerebri	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
R
Rathke cleft cyst	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
rhabdomyosarcoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
S
schwannoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
scoliosis	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
sinus thrombosis	Neuroendovascular Surgery
sinus tumor	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
sinusitis, invasive fungal	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
spasm, hemifacial	Cranial Nerve Disorders
spinal cord injury	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery vertebral body methylmethacrylate injection
spinal injury	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
spinal stenosis	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
squamous cell carcinoma	Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) NeuroendoportSM Surgery
stenosis, spinal	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
stroke	Neuroendovascular Surgery balloon arterial occlusion test carotid angioplasty and stenting percutaneous transluminal arterial angioplasty (PTA) and stenting thrombolysis
T
tethered cord syndrome	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
tinnitus	Cranial Nerve Disorders
trigeminal neuralgia and atypical trigeminal neuralgia	Cranial Nerve Disorders
tumors	Awake Craniotomy Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA) Neuroendovascular Surgery Chemotherapy intra-arterial chemotherapy tumor embolization
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V
vascular injury	360° Approach
vertigo	Cranial Nerve Disorders
vestibular schwannoma	360° Approach
ventricular tumors	NeuroendoportSM Surgery