24/7 referral, consult, admission and neonatal transport assistance.
Neurosurgery
Overview
The neurosurgery program at Children’s Minnesota uses advanced technology such as a double-powered 3 Tesla MRI system, an MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) ablation system and an intraoperative MRI, to diagnose and treat some of the most complex neurosurgery cases.
Conditions treated
- Acoustic neuroma
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Astrocytoma
- Brain and spinal cord tumors
- Cavernous malformation
- Chiari malformation
- Craniofacial disorders
- Craniopharyngiomas
- Craniosynostosis
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Ependymomas
- Encephalocele
- Glioma
- Head trauma
- Hydrocephalus
- Hyperhidrosis
- Intracranial hypotension
- Medulloblastoma
- Meningiomas
- Moyamoya
- Pituitary and neuroendocrine tumors
- Spina bifida
- Spine and spinal cord trauma
- Syringomyelia
- Tethered spinal cord syndrome
- Vertebral osteomyelitis
We support the following multi-specialty clinics
- Craniofacial clinic
- Midwest Fetal Care Center
- Neuro Spine Program
- Spina Bifida clinic
Services offered
- 3 Tesla MRI system
- Intra-operative MRI
- Interventional neuroradiology
- sEEG (Stereoelectroencephalography)
- Airo – a mobile scanner that can be used during surgeryto obtain high-resolution CT images
- Advanced brain mapping for patients with epilepsy and brain tumors
- Minimally invasive neurosurgery techniques including LITT and laser interstitial thermal therapy
Related specialties
Scheduling for Children’s Minnesota locations
Minneapolis, Minnetonka and St. Paul:
651-220-5230