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Neurosurgery Conditions and Treatments

Follow the links to learn about UPMC's approach to treating brain, spine and nerve disorders. Each condition is listed with treatments underneath.

Please contact us to find out more or to schedule an appointment.

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Conditions We Treat

A

Acoustic neuroma

  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Acromegaly

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Adenocarcinoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Adenoma (pituitary tumor) - Pituitary Center

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Aneurysm, cerebral (brain)

  • Aneurysm clipping (Microsurgery)
  • Aneurysm coiling (Endovascular Surgery)
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Angiofibroma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Embolization

Angioma, cavernous

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Apoplexy, pituitary

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Arachnoid cyst

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)/fistula

  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Embolization
  • Microsurgery for AVM resection

Astrocytoma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resection

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B

Basilar Invagination 

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach(EEA)

Brain abscess

  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Brain aneurysm (cerebral aneurysm)

  • Aneurysm clipping (Microsurgery)
  • Aneurysm coiling (Endovascular Surgery)

Brain metastases

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Brain tumor

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

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C

Carcinoma, adenoid cystic

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach(EEA)

Carcinoma, squamous cell

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Carotid stenosis

  • Carotid angioplasty and stenting
  • Carotid endarterectomy

Carotid-cavernous sinus fistula

  • Embolization
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Cavernous angioma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery

Cavernous carotid fistula

  • Embolization
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Cavernous hemangioma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Central neurocytoma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Cerebral (brain) aneurysm

  • Aneurysm clipping (Microsurgery)
  • Aneurysm coiling (Endovascular Surgery)
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Cerebral cavernous malformation

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Cerebral hemorrhage

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Chiari malformation

  • Microsurgery
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Cholesteatoma/cholesterol granuloma 

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Chondroma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Chondrosarcoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Chordoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Choroid plexus tumor

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Compression fracture

  • Spinal Fusion
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Kyphoplasty

Colloid cyst

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Cranial nerve disorders

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Craniofacial fracture

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Craniofacial malformation

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Craniopharyngioma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Cushing’s disease

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Cyst, colloid

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Cyst, odontoid

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Cyst, Rathke's cleft

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Cyst, synovial

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

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D

Degenerative disc disease

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Artificial Disc Replacement

Dermoid & epidermoid tumors

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Disc herniation

  • Laminectomy
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Microdiscectomy

Dural arteriovenous fistula

  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Embolization
  • Neurosurgical Disconnection

Dysplasia, fibrous

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Dystonia

  • Deep Brain Stimulation

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E

Encephalocele

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Ependymoma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Epidermoid tumor

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Epilepsy

  • Adult epilepsy surgery

Essential tremor

  • Deep Brain Stimulation (Asleep or Awake)

Esthesioneuroblastoma (olfactory neuroblastoma)

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Extracranial vascular disease

  • Carotid angioplasty and stenting
  • Carotid endarterectomy

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F

Fibrous dysplasia

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Fistula, carotid-cavernous sinus

  • Embolization
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Fistula, cavernous carotid

  • Embolization
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Fracture, compression

  • Spinal Fusion
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Kyphoplasty

Fracture, craniofacial

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

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G

Geniculate neuralgia

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Glioblastoma multiforme

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery

Glioma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery

Glomus tumor

  • Middle Ear or Transmastoid Approach
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

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H

Hemangioblastoma

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Hemangioma, cavernous (brain)

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Microsurgery

Hemangioma (spine)

  • Pain Management
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Radiosurgery (Cyberknife® and TrueBeam™)

Hemangiopericytoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resection

Hemifacial spasm (facial twitch)

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Hemorrhage, cerebral/intracranial

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Herniated disc

  • Laminectomy
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

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I

Inflammatory pseudotumor, orbital

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Injury, spinal

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Intracerebral hemorrhage

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Intracranial atherosclerosis

  • Percutaneous transluminal arterial angioplasty (PTA) and stenting
  • Microsurgery

Intraventricular tumor and lesions

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Invasive fungal sinusitis

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Inverted papilloma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

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K

Kyphosis

  • Spinal Fusion
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Kyphoplasty

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L

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Syndrome

  • Microvascular Decompression

Lumbar disc rupture/herniation

  • Laminectomy
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Microdiscectomy

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M

Macroadenoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Malignant meningioma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy
  • Microsurgery

Meningioma (brain)

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy
  • Microsurgery

Meningioma (spine)

  • Pain Management
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Radiosurgery (Cyberknife® and TrueBeam™)

Meningocele

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Metastatic tumor (brain)

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resection

Metastatic tumor (spine)

  • Pain Management
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Radiosurgery (Cyberknife® and TrueBeam™)

Microadenoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Moyamoya

  • Revascularization
  • Microsurgery

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N

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Neuralgia, geniculate

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Neuralgia, glossopharyngeal

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Neuralgia, occipital

  • Microsurgery
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Neuralgia, trigeminal

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Neuroblastoma, olfactory

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Neurofibroma (brain)

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Neurofibroma (spine)

  • Pain Management
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Radiosurgery (Cyberknife® and TrueBeam™)

Neurilemmoma (acoustic neuroma)

  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

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O

Occipital neuralgia

  • Microsurgery
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Odontoid pannus

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Odontoid synovial cyst

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Olfactory neuroblastoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Oligodendroglioma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resection

Optic nerve compression

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Orbital inflammatory pseudotumor

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Osteoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Osteoporosis

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Osteosarcoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

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P

Pannus, odontoid

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Pannus, Rheumatoid 

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Pain, back or disc

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Pain Management

Papilloma, inverted

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Paraganglioma (glomus tumor)

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resection

Parkinson's Disease

  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Gene Therapy

Pituitary apoplexy

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Pituitary tumor (adenoma)

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Pseudotumor cerebri

  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

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R

Rathke's cleft cyst

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Rhabdomyosarcoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Rheumatoid pannus

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

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S

Schwannoma (brain)

  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Schwannoma (spine)

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Schwannoma (vestibular)

  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery

Scoliosis

  • XLIF®
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

SEGA (subependymal giant cell astrocytoma)

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Sinus thrombosis

  • Endovascular surgery

Sinus tumor

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Sinusitis, Invasive Fungal

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

Spasm, hemifacial

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Spinal compression fracture

  • Vertebroplasty
  • Kyphoplasty

Spinal cord injury and spinal trauma

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Spinal hemangioma

  • Pain Management
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Radiosurgery (Cyberknife® and TrueBeam™)

Spinal stenosis

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Decompression Laminectomy
  • Spinal Fusion

Spinal tumors

  • Pain Management
  • Tumor Resection
  • Radiosurgery (Cyberknife® and TrueBeam™)

Spondylolisthesis

  • Decompression Laminectomy
  • Spinal Fusion

Squamous cell carcinoma

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Stenosis, spinal

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Decompression Laminectomy
  • Spinal Fusion

Stroke

  • Stroke intervention

Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Subependymoma

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Synovial cyst, odontoid

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)

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T

Trigeminal neuralgia and atypical trigeminal neuralgia

  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

Tumors, brain

  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach (EEA)
  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach
  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

Tumors, intraventricular

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Tumors, metastatic (brain)

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Microsurgery for tumor resction

Tumors, metastatic (spine)

  • Pain Management
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Radiosurgery (Cyberknife® and TrueBeam™)

Tumors, spine

  • Pain Management
  • Tumor Resection
  • Radiosurgery (Cyberknife® and TrueBeam™)

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V

Vascular malformation, brain

  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Embolization
  • Microsurgery for AVM resection

Vascular malformation, spine

  • Embolization

Ventricular tumors

  • Neuroendoport® Surgery

Vestibular schwannoma

  • Microsurgery for tumor resection
  • Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
  • Endoscopic-Assisted Retromastoid Approach

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