What is Neurosurgery?
			
			
			
			
			
			
	
		
		This patient education program discusses the different services provided by neurological surgeons.
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				General Anesthesia
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				Lumbar Diskectomy - Open
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				Lumbar Diskectomy - Endoscopic
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				Lumbar Laminectomy and Possible Disk Excision
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				Lumbar and Thoracic Fusion - Posterior
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				Lumbar Diskectomy - Post Op
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				Lumbar and/or Thoracic Fusion - Cages
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				Lumbar Laminectomy and Possible Disk Excision - Minimally Invasive
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				Lumbar Diskectomy - Minimally Invasive
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				Anterior Cervical Diskectomy - Without Fusion
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				ACF (Anterior Cervical Fusion) - Hip Bone
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				ACF (Anterior Cervical Fusion) - Banked Bone
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				ACF (Anterior Cervical Fusion) - Hip Bone - Plating
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				ACF (Anterior Cervical Fusion) - Banked Bone - Plating
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				Cervical Laminectomy and Possible Disk Excision
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				Posterior Cervical Fusion
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				Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion - General
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				ACF - Anterior Cervical Fusion - Post Op
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				Carotid Endarterectomy
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				Craniotomy for Brain Tumors
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				Craniotomy for Brain Tumor Using Frameless Stereotaxy
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				Craniotomy for Aneurysms
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				VP Shunts
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				Intrathecal Morphine Pump Placement
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				Cranioplasty
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				Spinal Epidural Electrode Placement
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				Transphenoidal Tumor Resection
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				Craniotomy for Seizure Surgery
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				AVM and Surgical Treatment
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				Trigeminal Neuralgia
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				Trigeminal Neuralgia - Balloon Compression
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				Trigeminal Neuralgia - Microvascular Decompression
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				Trigeminal Neuralgia - Nerve Lesioning
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				Trigeminal Neuralgia - Radiofrequency Rhizotomy
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				Surgery for Intrathecal Tumors
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				Stereotactic Biopsy - with Stereotactic Frame
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				Stereotactic Biopsy of a Brain Lesion - Frameless
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				Pallidotomy
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				Release of Tethered Cord
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				Sural Nerve Biopsy / Muscle Biopsy
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				Transoral Odontoid Resection
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				Posterior Decompression of Chiari Malformation
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				Deep Brain Stimulation
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				Balloon Kyphoplasty
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				Sympathectomy
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				Embolization of Aneurysms
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				CyberKnife Radiosurgery For Brain Lesions
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				Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Lesions - With Frame
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				CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Brain AVMs
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				Craniotomy for Subdural Hematoma
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				Posterior Fossa Craniotomy for Brain Tumors
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				Vertebral Compression Fractures
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				Lumbar Decompression and Fusio Facet Fusion
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				Fusio Facet Fusion
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				Facet Fusion
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				Lumbar Laminectomy and Interspinous Process Fusion
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				Foraminotomy
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				Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) for Epilepsy
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				Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) for Depression
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				Lumbar Decompression
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				XLIF