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Procedures – Brain and Nerves

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This resource is designed to provide comprehensive, but concise facts on a variety of screening, diagnostic, and treatment procedures focusing on the brain and nerves. All fact sheets in this quick reference guide are physician-reviewed and reflect the most up-to-date, evidence-based information. Relevant sources are provided for each fact sheet.

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A
  • Aneurysm, brain
  • Aneurysm, cerebral
  • Aneurysm, intracerebral
  • Aneurysm, intracranial
B
  • Brain aneurysm
C
  • Carpal tunnel injection
  • Cerebral aneurysm
  • Cerebrospinal fluid analysis
  • Cerebrospinal fluid tap
  • Conscious sedation
  • Craniotomy
  • CSF analysis
  • CSF tap
  • CT scan, abdomen
E
  • ECG
  • ECT
  • EKG
  • Electrical stimulation
  • Electrical stimulation therapy
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Endovascular coiling
  • Endovascular embolization
  • Epidural anesthesia
G
  • General anesthesia
H
  • Head CT scan
  • Head-up tilt table test (HUT)
I
  • Imaging, magnetic resonance
  • Intracerebral aneurysm
  • Intracranial aneurysm
  • Intrathecal pain pump insertion
L
  • Lumbar puncture
M
  • MAC
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Microvascular clipping
  • Microvascular occlusion
  • Moderate sedation
  • Monitored anesthesia care
  • Morton neuroma removal
  • MRI scan
N
  • Nerve conduction study
P
  • Pain pump insertion
  • Passive head-up tilt test
  • Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation
  • PET scan
  • PET/CT scan
  • Polysomnography
  • Positron emission tomography
  • Posterior tibial nerve stimulation
  • PTNS
R
  • Regional anesthesia
S
  • Sedation, conscious
  • Sedation, moderate
  • Spinal anesthesia
  • Spinal tap
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery
T
  • TAP block
  • Tethered cord release
  • Tethered spinal cord release
  • Therapy, electroconvulsive
  • Tilt table test
  • Transplant, bone marrow
  • Transversus abdominis plane block
U
  • Ulnar nerve decompression
  • Ulnar nerve transposition
  • Upright tilt test
V
  • Ventriculoperitoneal shunt - child

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