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

  • Translabyrinthine approach
  • Retrosignmoid approach
  • Middle fossa approach

Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery

  • Cerebral aneurysm
  • Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
  • ICG showing occlusion of cerebral aneurysm
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
  • Aneurysm clipping
  • Cavernous malformation
  • Carotid artery stenosis and other cerebrovascular occlusive disease
  • Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)

Tumors of the skull base and brain

  • CPA meningioma
  • Jugular foramen meningioma
  • Glomus jugulare (paraganglioma)
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • planum tuberculum meningioma
  • Cholesterol granuloma
  • Chordoma
  • Spheno-orbital meningimoa
  • Esthesioneuroblastoma
  • Chondrosarcoma
  • Glomus jugulare (paraganglioma)

Neurofibromatosis

  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1
  • Auditory brainstem implantation for Neurofibromatosis Type 2

Face, ear, and throat pain and nerve syndromes

  • MIcrovascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia
  • Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm
  • Styloid process removal for Eagle Syndrome
  • Hemifacial weakness and facial weakness
  • Otalgia/ ear and throat nuerualgia
  • Trigeminal neuralgia

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

  • Vertebral body tumor
  • Thoracic spine tumor
  • Thoracic spine reconstruction
  • Occipito-cervical fusion
  • C1-C2 fusion
  • C1-2 chronic instability
  • Cervical spine tumor with cord compression
  • C2 schwannoma invading the spinal canal

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