Healthcare at West Virginia University

WVU Pediatric Neurosurgery

Treatments we perform include:

Microsurgery of the brain and spine including advanced image guidance technologies for tumors, cysts, and vascular malformations
Cranial base neurosurgical techniques
Transnasal/
transsphenoidal surgery for intrasellar pathology
Craniofacial reconstructive surgeries for craniosynostosis and closure of encephaloceles
Intraventricular endoscopic surgeries fully integrated with image guidance
Placement of shunts for hydrocephalus
Surgeries for Chiari malformations and for treatment of syringomyelia
Surgeries for the neurologic complications of spina bifida in all of its manifestations
Microsurgical contact laser techniques for release of the tethered spinal cord
Microsurgery for spinal cord tumors
Surgeries for spasticity, including selective dorsal root rhizotomy and intrathecal baclofen infusion pump placement
Surgeries for epilepsy including vagal nerve stimulator placement
Radiosurgeries including both Gamma Knife and Linac
Surgeries for brain and spinal trauma