Conditions We Treat
Department Office:
(650) 497-8775
New Patient Coordinator:
(650) 724-5326
The Pediatric Neurosurgery program cares for children who have problems with the brain, spinal cord or peripheral nervous system. Below is a partial list of the many conditions we treat:
- Brain, spinal cord and skull base tumors
- Epilepsy
- Pediatric brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerve trauma
- Cerebral and spinal vascular disorders
- Moya Moya
- Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Hydrocephalus
Craniofacial disorders and craniosynostosis - Spinal and cranial dysraphisms
- Congenital malformations of the brain and spine
- Chiari malformations
- Syringohydromyelia
- Spinal deformity and instability
- Peripheral nerve injuries, tumors and compression
- Pediatric brain, spine and peripheral nerve spasticity
- Movement disorders and dystonia
- Phakomatosis
- Neurofibromatosis Type I and II
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- Klepel-Trenaunay-Weber
- Prenatal diagnosis of central nervous system conditions