Human Brain Mapping - Surgery

Surgery

• Neurosurgery requires extensive imaging, mapping and exceedingly precise surgical control to minimize collateral damage.
• Robotic surgery, Computer-assisted surgery,
• Stereotactic surgery – uses a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the brain for ablation, biopsy, lesion, injection, stimulation, implantation, radiosurgery, etc.
• Neuropathology - biopsy of tissue from the brain and spinal cord to aid in diagnosis of disease.
• Frequent neurosurgery procedures include: Craniotomy, Craterization, burr hole, Trepanning, Decompressive craniectomy, Radiosurgery, Stereotactic surgery, Transsphenoidal surgery, Intracranial pressure monitoring
• Other, less frequent procedures include: Lobotomy, and various other forms of Psychosurgery.
• Specific regions frequently requiring surgical attention include: Supratentorial region, Infratentorial region, and the pituitary gland (see listing under structure)
• Conditions frequently treated with invasive procedures: Brain tumor, Grading of the tumors of the central nervous system, Cerebral hemorrhage, Subdural hematoma, Aneurysm, Hydrocephalus ("water on the brain"), Cerebral shunt, Meningioma (tumors), Pituitary adenoma (tumor in the pituitary glad), Skull fracture and Cranioplasty (correcting a defect or deformity of the skull).