Advanced Brain & Spine Treatments in North Texas
The neurosurgeons at Methodist Health System are dedicated to advancing neurosurgery through compassionate, quality healthcare. Continue reading to see a more thorough list of treatments we provide.
Brain Procedures
Diagnostic Procedures
- Stereotactic biopsy
- Radiology Procedures
- Computer tomography (CT) scan
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
Aneurysm Treatments
- Aneurysm clipping
- Coil embolization for brain aneurysm
- Tumor Surgical Treatments
- Bifrontal craniotomy for tumor
- Craniotomy for meningioma (brain tumor)
- Craniotomy for tumor (astrocytoma, meningioma, metastasis, skull-based)
- Radiosurgery for tumor
- Suboccipital craniectomy for acoustic neuroma
- Transsphenoidal surgery for tumor
Hematoma Surgical Treatments
- Craniotomy for epidural hematoma
- Craniotomy for intracerebral hematoma
- Craniotomy for subdural hematoma
Other Surgical Procedures
- Burr hole drainage
- Craniectomy for Chiari malformation (foramen magnum decompression)
- Endovascular embolization for cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Endovascular coil embolization for brain aneurysm
- Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
- Ommaya reservoir placement
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus
Spine procedures
Spinal Fusion Treatments
- ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
- ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) with bone graft and metal plate
- ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion) with bone graft and pedicle screws
- Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
- AxiaLIF® (axial lumbar interbody fusion)
- Facet fixation (US SpineTM)
- Interspinous stabilization (CoflexTM)
- Lumbar inter-body fusion (IBF)
- Occipito-cervical fixation (OC Fusion)
- PLIF: posterior lumbar interbody fusion
- Spinal fusion
- TLIF: transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
- XLIF: lateral lumbar interbody fusion
Disc Replacement Treatments
- Artificial cervical disc replacement (PCM)
- Artificial cervical disc replacement (Prestige®)
- Disc replacement lumbar (CharitéTM)
- Disc replacement lumbar (MaverickTM)
- Total disc replacement
Other Disc Treatments
- Disc biacuplasty (TransDiscalTM System)
- Decompression Treatments
- Interspinous process decompression - X-STOP®
- Laminectomy
- Laminectomy (cervical)
- Laminectomy (cervical) with fusion
- Lumbar corpectomy
Bone Spur Treatments
- Anterior cervical corpectomy
- Herniated Disc Treatments
- Anterior endoscopic cervical microdiscectomy
- Dekompressor discectomy
- Intralaminar lumbar microendoscopic discectomy
- Lumbar disc microsurgery
- Lumbar discoscopic discectomy
- Microendoscopic posterior cervical discectomy
- Percutaneous cervical disc nucleoplasty
- Percutaneous laser discoplasty
- YESS Selective Endoscopic DiscectomyTM
Pinched Nerve Treatments
- Cervical posterior foraminotomy
Other Surgical Treatments & Elements
- Cervical laminaplasty
- Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET)
- Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) of the nerves
- Intrathecal pump implant
- Kyphoplasty
- Lumbar pedicle screw fixation (CD HORIZON® SEXTANTTM)
- Lumbar spinous process plating (CD HORIZON® SPIRETM)
- Lumbar radiofrequency neurotomy
- Microendoscopic discectomy
- Percutaneous disc nucleoplasty
- Spinal cord stimulator implant
- Spine stabilization system (DYNESYS®)
- Vertebral augmentation
- Vertebral body replacement (VBR)
- Vertebroplasty