Inland Neurosurgery Institute (INI) continually stays at the forefront of Neurological Surgery. We are experts in the treatment of a large range of disease processes. Our goal is to bring the least invasive procedures with the best outcomes to our patients.
Surgery is a major event for patients, usually requiring at least an overnight stay in a hospital and days or weeks of recovery time. Minimally invasive surgery aims to reduce the trauma of this process by using a variety of techniques to perform the necessary operation while reducing the damage and shock to the body. In general, minimally invasive surgical procedures result in less pain, a shorter hospital stay, and fewer complications.
Minimally invasive surgery can be used for a number of procedures; at the Inland Neurosurgery Institute, we specialize in minimally invasive spine surgery, including lumbar discectomy and spinal fusion; as well as minimally invasive neurosurgery involving brain conditions such as brain tumors, cerebral aneurisms, and subdural hematomas.
Problems Treated
Click to expand. Treatment options listed in italics:
Brain Tumors
(Craniotomy, Computer Assisted (Stereotactic) Surgery, Transphenoidal Surgery, Endoscopic Surgery, Gamma Knife, Minimally Invasive “Key Hole” Approaches)
- Choroid Plexus Tumors
- Craniopharyngioma
- Ependymomas
- Gliomas, Anaplastic Gliomas
- Glioblastomoas (GBM)
- Lymphoma
- Medulloblastomas/PNET
- Meningiomas
- Oligodendrogliomas
- Pituitary Tumors
- Schwannoma
- Skull Base Tumors
Brain Vascular Lesions
(Craniotomy, Computer Assisted (Stereotactic) Surgery, Gamma Knife)
- Aneurysms
- ArteriorVenous Malformations (AVM)
- Cavernomas (AKA Cavernous Angioma)
- Deep Venous Anomolies (DVA)
- SubArachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
Functional Problems (Pain Syndromes, Tics, Epilepsy, Tremors)
(Craniotomy, Computer Assisted (Stereotactic) Surgery, Gamma Knife)
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy (Seizures)
- Facial Tics
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Pediatric Neurosurgery
(Craniotomy, Computer Assisted (Stereotactic) Surgery, Shunt surgery, Endoscopic Surgery, Minimally Invasive “Key Hole” Approaches)
- Cerebral/Ventricular Hemorrhage
- Encephaloceles
- Hydrocephalus
- Meningoceles
- Myelomeningocele
Peripheral Nerve Problems
(Nerve decompression and explorations, Microsurgical tumor removal)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tumors (Schwannomas, Neurofibromas, Ganglion Cysts)
- Ulnar Nerve Entrapment
Spine Problems
(ACDF, ALIF, Complex spine fusions, Corpectomy, Discectomy, Facetectomy, Foraminotomy, Kyphoplasty, Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy, Minimally invasive approaches, PLF, PLIF, TLIF, Vertebroplasty)
- Back/neck pain
- Bone spurs
- Complex Pain Problems
- Compression Fractures
- Degenerative Spine Disease (Arthritis/Spondylosis)
- Nerve Impingement
- Neurogenic Claudication
- Sciatica
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Spinal Stenosis
- Disc Disease (Herniated/Bulging)
- Discitis
- Facet Disease
- Foraminal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis (Slipped Vertebrae)
- Tumors (Schwannomas, Ependymomas)
Trauma/Stroke
(Craniectomy, Burr Hole surgery, and the treatment options listed for brain tumors & spine problems)
- Brain Contusions
- Closed Head Injury (CHI)
- Depressed/Open Skull Fractures
- Epidural/Subdural/SubArachnoid Hemorrhages
- Intracranial Hemorrhages (ICH)
- Spine Fractures
- Spine Disloaction
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
