Endoscopic and minimally invasive neurosurgery

The Pediatric Neurosurgery Program at VCU specializes in minimally invasive neurosurgery, a term used to describe surgical techniques that require a few small incisions versus a large opening. The goal of minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures is to:

• Reduce pain and blood loss
• Shorten recovery time
• Shorten hospital stay
• Reduce scarring

Our experience neurosurgery team performs a number of minimally invasive surgeries when treating various types of brain abnormalities, including:

• Hydrocephalus
  • Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
  • Endoscopic Cyst Fenestration

VCU’s Pediatric Neurosurgery Program also offers a Functional Neurosurgery Program. These types of minimally invasive surgical procedures – used to treat epilepsy and movement disorders of the central nervous system – offer patients the chance for a better quality of life:

• Epilepsy
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulator
  • Brain mapping with Selective Cortical Resection
  • Corpus Caliostomy
  • Hernisherectomy
• Spasticity
  • Baclofen Pump
  • Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy