Neurological Conditions Treated By the Cedars-Sinai Department of Neurosurgery
The Department of Neurosurgery is dedicated to advancing the field of neurosurgery, providing leading-edge, compassionate clinical care and conducting unparalleled research for the full range of neurosurgical conditions. The department's multifaceted programs encompass brain tumors, neurovascular diseases, functional disorders, pain, trauma and other complex conditions requiring neurosurgical intervention for both adults and children. We offer the full spectrum of treatment options and are developing promising protocols for neurological diseases that are extremely difficult to treat with conventional therapies.
Under the direction of Keith L. Black, MD, department neurosurgeons and neuro-oncologists treat the full range of conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord and nerves. We offer both children and adults medical, surgical and neuro-oncologic care for:
Brain Tumors
Benign and Skull Base Tumors
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Chordomas
- Colloid Cysts
- Dermoid and Epeidermoid Tumors
- Glomus Jugulare Tumors
- Hemangioblastomas
- Meningiomas
- Pinealomas
- Vestibular Schwannomas
Malignant Tumors
- Astrocytomas
- Ependymoma
- Esthesioneuroblastoma
- Oligodendroglioma
- Germinoma
- Gliosarcoma
- Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Mixed-malignant Gliomas
- Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (Medulloblastoma, Neuroblastoma)
- Primary central nervous system lymphoma
- Metastatic Brain Tumors
- Pineal Region Tumors
Pituitary Tumors and Other Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Craniopharyngioma
- Pituitary adenomas
- Pituitary cancer
- Rathke's Cleft Cyst
Spinal Disorders
- Aging spine
- Arthritis
- Astrocytoma
- Cervical myelopathy
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Cervical, thoracic or lumbar disc herniation
- Chiari Malformation
- Chordoma
- Complex spinal reconstruction
- Compression fractures
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative spine (spondylosis and spondylolisthesis)
- Discitis
- General and complex spinal disorders
- Hemangioblastoma
- Hydomyelia
- Hyperhidrosis
- Meningioma
- Neck and back pain
- Nerve sheath tumor
- Acoustic neuromas
- Neurilemmomas
- Schwannomas
- Post-traumatic cervical instability
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Spinal cord dysraphya
- Spinal cord injuries and fractures
- Spinal deformities
- Spinal epidural abcess
- Spinal cord lipomas and lipomyelomeningoceles
- Spinal metastatic tumor
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine injuries
- Spine trauma
- Sports Injuries
- Syringomyelia
- Vertebral osteomyelitis
Cerebrovascular Disorders
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Brain aneurysm
- Cavernous angioma
- Cavernous malformation
- Cerebrospinal fluid leak
- Extracranial-intracranial bypass
- Intracraneal hypotension
- Moya-Moya disease
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Pediatric Disorders
- Acondroplacia
- Astrocytoma
- Chiari I and Chiari II Malformation
- Congenital dermal sinus
- Craniopharyngioma
- Craniosynostosis
- Cerebrospinal fluid diverting shunts
- Dandy-Walker Syndrome
- Encephalocele
- Ependymoma
- Medulloblastoma
- Meningocele
- Myelomeningocele
- Pediatric hydrocephalus
- Spinal cord lipomas and lipomyelomeningoceles
- Spinal cord syringes
- Tethered cord syndrome
Movement Disorders
- Ballism
- Chorea
- Dystonia
- Essential tremor
- Hyperhidrosis
- Phantom limb pain
- Parkinson's disease
- Sciatica
- Spasticity
- Torticollis
Pain Disorders
- Causalgia
- Glosspharyngeal neuralgia
- Phantom limb pain
- Postherapeutic neuralgia
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Brachial plexus injury
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Malignant seath nerve tumor
- Meralgia paresthetica
- Neurofibroma
- Peripheral nerve injury
- Schwannoma
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Ulnar nerve entrapment
Epilepsy Disorders
- Epilepsy caused by tumors or malformations of blood vessels
- Mesial frontal lobe epilepsy
- Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
- Other extratemporal lobe epilepsies
Adult Hydrocephalus Disorder
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- Pseudotumor cerebri
Brain Injury Disorders
- Skull fractures
- Acute subdural hematoma
- Cerebral contusion and intracerebral hematoma
- Chronic subdural hematoma
- Cranial gunshot wounds
- Epidural hematoma
- Post-traumatic seizures
Many of the procedures done on both children and adults at the Department of Neurosurgery can be done using minimally invasive neurosurgery techniques.
The department takes a patient-centered approach to care. Because no two individuals respond in the same way to treatment, our multidisciplinary team of specialists provides highly individualized diagnostic and treatment services. Care is delivered in a compassionate, family-involved environment where education and psychosocial support are top priorities. Our support staff has a single goal: excellent service.
A unique strength of the Department of Neurosurgery and the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, its research arm, is the ability to translate research findings from the laboratory into clinical practice, giving patients direct and rapid access to the latest treatment alternatives. This is especially crucial for individuals with complex, neurosurgical conditions who may have limited treatment options.
For an appointment, a second opinion or more information, please call 1-800-CEDARS-1 (1-800-233-2771) or e-mail us.
