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Special Interests

The neurosurgeons of Macquarie Neurosurgery use state-of-the-art equipment and techniques to provide their patients with a safer and more effective operative environment. Computerized stereotactic equipment is routinely used to provide image-guidance to our surgeons during their operations.

Macquarie neurosurgery specialises in the treatment of a wide variety of neurosurgical conditions including:

  • Brain aneurysms
  • Arteriovenous malformations (AVM)
  • Cavernous malformations (cavernomas) of the brain and brainstem
  • Syringomyelia
  • Chiari malformations
  • Tumours of the brain and brainstem
  • Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and glossopharyngeal neuralgia (microvascular decompression; MVD)
  • Carotid stenosis (carotid endarterectomy)
  • Cerebral ischemia (brain bypass surgery)
  • Degenerative spinal disorders
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Macquarie Neurosurgery is also associated with some of Sydney’s leading neuroradiologists and interventional neuroradiologists. These specialists provide the very best services available in diagnostic imaging and interventional procedures including:

  • Cerebral angiography
  • Endovascular coiling and stenting of brain aneurysms
  • Stenting for carotid or vertebral artery stenosis
  • Endovascular treatment of arteriovenous malformations (AVM)