Diagnosis & Treatment
At The Medical Center of Aurora, our staff is experienced in diagnosing and treating a variety of brain and nerve conditions.
DIAGNOSIS
- Brain endoscopy
- Cine flow study
- Comprehensive stroke diagnostics
- Computed tomography (CT) scan
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Electroneurodiagnostics
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Routine
- Extended
- Long-term EEG video monitoring
- Evoked potentials
- Nerve conduction studies (NCS)/Electromyography (EMG)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Intraoperative angiography
- Intraoperative 3D brain imaging
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Positron emission tomography (PET)
- Transcranial doppler
- Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
-
Ultrasound of the carotid arteries
TREATMENTS
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and endovascular embolization
- Brain aneurysm clippings, coilings
- Brain mapping
- A surgical procedure performed while patient is awake. It allows for the removal of brain tumors without impacting healthy brain tissue.
- Microvascular decompression
- Surgical Chiari I malformation treatment
- Repair of syringomyelia
- Tumor removal
- Vagal nerve stimulator placement
