Conditions treated


Skull Base Surgery

  • Acoustic neuroma/ vestibular schwannoma
  • Meningioma
  • Other skull base tumors

Neurofibromatosis and Schwannomatosis

Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and related disorders

Brain Stem Surgery

  • Auditory brainstem implantation
  • Brainstem cavernous malformation
  • Brainstem tumors

Stroke, cerebral aneurysm, and arteriovenous malformation

  • Cerebral aneurysm
  • Carotid stenosis
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Cavernous malformation

Spinal Cord Tumors and Degenerative Spine Disease

  • Spinal cord tumor (intra- and extra-dural)
  • Myelopathy and radiculopathy
  • Spinal stenosis/ spondylosis

Acoustic Neuroma/ Vestibular Schwannoma

Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery

Tumors of the skull base and brain

Neurofibromatosis

Face, ear, and throat pain and nerve syndromes

Tumors of Spinal Column, Spinal Cord, Craniovertebral Junction and Peripheral Nerves

LIST OF NEUROSURGICAL DIAGNOSES TREATED BY

DR. GREGORY LEKOVIC

Skull base tumors and disorders

  • Acoustic Neuroma
  • Auditory Brainstem Implant
  • Cranial Nerve Schwannoma
  • Cranial and Skull Base Meningioma
  • Ependymoma
  • Spinal Schwannoma
  • Spinal Meningioma
  • Brachial Plexus Schwannoma
  • Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
  • Petroclival, cerebellopontine angle, and tentorial meningioma
  • Schwannoma of the facial and trigeminal nerves
  • Epidermoid tumor
  • Tegmen defect/ CSF otorrhea
  • Skull base encephalocele
  • Cholesterol granuloma
  • Glomus Jugulare Tumor
  • Glomus Vagale Tumor
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Rathke cleft cyst
  • Pituicytoma
  • Meningioma
  • Cavernous sinus tumor
  • Chordoma
  • Chondrosarcoma
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma
  • Metastatic tumor
  • Lower Cranial Nerve Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
  • Arnold-Chiari Malformation
  • Foramen Magnum Meningioma
  • Jugular Foramen Meningioma
  • Craniovertebral Junction Instability
  • Metastatic and primary malignancies of the CVJ
  • Superior canal dehiscence

Facial/ Cranio-facial pain syndromes

  • Trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain)
  • Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (throat pain)
  • Geniculate neuralgia/ otalgia (ear pain)
  • Occipital neuralgia (occipital headache)
  • Eagle syndrome (throat/ neck pain)
  • Hemifacial Spasm
  • Disabling positional vertigo
  • Meniere’s disease

Cerebrovascular disease

  • Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Arteriovenous Malformation
  • Cavernous Malformation
  • Brainstem cavernous malformation
  • Dural Arterio-Venous Fistula
  • Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency
  • Moya-Moya Disease
  • Carotid Artery Stenosis
  • Carotid Body Tumor
  • Glomus Tumor
  • Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery
  • Vertebral artery origin stenosis

Neuro-oncology

  • Metastases
  • Astrocytoma
  • Glioblastoma
  • Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
  • Medulloblastoma/ PNET
  • Pineal Region Tumors (e.g. germ cell tumors, and pineal parenchymal tumors)
  • Hemangioblastoma
  • Paraganglioma
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Ganglioglioma
  • Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)
  • Intraventricular tumors
  • Primary CNS lymphoma
  • Pleiomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma (PXA)

Spine

  • Schwannoma
  • Neurofibroma
  • Metastatic spine tumors
  • Ependymoma
  • Myxopapillary ependymoma
  • C1-2 instability
  • Odontoid fracture
  • Os odontoideum
  • Congenital or acquired instability
  • Spinal cord tumor
  • Spinal AVM or aneurysm
  • Giant cell tumor and other spine bone tumors
  • Cervical/ thoracic/ lumbar herniated disk
  • Cervical stenosis
  • Lumbar stenosis
  • Cervical/ thoracic/ lumbar radiculopathy
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Cervical/ thoracic/ lumbar spondylosis
  • Central cord syndrome
  • Fracture of the spinal column
  • Syrinx/ syringomyelia
  • Tethered cord