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Conditions
Also known as vestibular schwannoma, an acoustic neuroma, is a tumour that grows slowly from the covering on the vestibular nerve. This nerve runs from...
Treatments
During an awake craniotomy, a patient is brought back to consciousness during part of the procedure, but any painful parts of the surgery are performed...
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There are different types of brain tumours, which vary in degrees of complexity. If you have been diagnosed with a brain tumour, there are a number of...
Conditions
Your central nervous system is supported and protected by a clear liquid called cerebrospinal fluid. Sometimes, a colloid cyst (a benign sac filled with...
Treatments
Gliomas are brain tumours that develop from the ‘supporting’ cells in the brain called glial cells. If you've been diagnosed with a glioma, our neurosurgeons...
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This procedure removes meninogiomas — a type of benign brain tumour that develops in the meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord). If left...
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This type of surgery is performed through the nose (transsphenoidal) to remove tumours from the pituitary gland and skull base. The surgeon works through...
Diagnostics
A functional MRI scan (fMRI) uses a magnetic field to take pictures of the insides of your body. Unlike a normal MRI, it can show which parts of your brain...
Conditions
Gliomas are brain tumours starting from the glial cells, which support the neurons/nerve cells in the brain. There are three types: Astrocytoma:...
Treatments
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally-invasive surgical procedure. It's used to treat primary and secondary brain tumours that are difficult...
Conditions
Also called cerebral secondary brain tumours and brain metastases, metastatic brain tumours form when the cells of a primary cancer in another part of...
Conditions
Also called cerebral secondary brain tumours and brain metastases, metastatic brain tumours form when the cells of a primary cancer in another part of...
Treatments
Minimally invasive skull base surgery can treat a range of brain and certain spinal injuries. If you have a growth or abnormality on the underside of the...
Conditions
Neurofibromatosis are genetic disorders where benign growths affect the nervous system. There are two types: NF1: this is a “mistake” in the gene on chromosome...
Conditions
Pituitary tumours (adenomas) are non-cancerous (benign) growths that develop on the pituitary gland. They can cause an over or under production of the...