Overview
A list of the most common procedures for various conditions is provided below. More information is available for linked procedures.

Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) Carpal Tunnel Decompression Chiari Malformation Decompression Craniotomy Craniotomy for Brain Tumours Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Movement Disorders Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Pain Intrathecal Morphine Pump Lumbar Laminectomy Lumbar Microdiscectomy Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Headaches Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Spinal Cord Stimulation Thalamotomy Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) Ulnar Nerve Decompression

Brain Surgery

• Craniotomy

Brain Tumour

• Stereotactic biopsy
• Image-guided surgery
• Craniotomy and excision of tumour
• Stereotactic radiosurgery

Spinal Disorders

• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
• Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF)
• Cervical laminectomy
• Posterior cervical instrumentation
• Lumbar microdiscectomy
• Lumbar laminectomy
• Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF)
• Craniocervical decompression and fusion
• Tumour excision
• Syrinx decompression

Dystonia

• Deep brain stimulation
• Cervical spine instrumentation

Head Injury

• Intracranial pressure monitoring
• Craniotomy for:
  • Extradural haematoma
  • Subdural haematoma
  • Intracerabral haematoma
• Drainage of chronic subdural haematoma
• Elevation of depressed skull fracture
• Decompressive craniectomy
• Reconstructive cranioplasty
• Repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak

Movement Disorders

• Deep brain stimulation
• Thalamotomy
• Pallidotomy

Pain

• Radiofrequency rhizolysis
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Peripheral nerve stimulation
• Deep brain stimulation
• Motor cortex stimulation
• Intrathecal morphine pump
• Microvascular decompression
• Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Headaches

Parkinson’s Disease

• Deep brain stimulation
• Thalamotomy
• Pallidotomy

Peripheral Nerve Compression

• Carpal tunnel decompression
• Ulnar nerve decompression
• Meralgia paraesthetica decompression

Tremor

• Thalamotomy
• Deep brain stimulation

Vascular Disorders

• Excision of cavernous hemangioma (cavernoma)
• Stereotactic radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformation
• Temporal artery biopsy

Other Conditions

• Chiari malformation decompression
• Arachnoid cyst fenestration or diversion
• Colloid cyst excision