Brain Surgery at Hunter Neurosurgery, Newcastle

Some of the common conditions and procedures:

• Hydrocephalus
• Cranial Surgery
• Trauma
• Paediatric Neurosurgery
• Pituitary Tumours
• Neuroendoscopy
• Vascular Neurosurgery
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Carotid stenosis – narrowing of the arteries supplying the brain, possible leading to stroke or a warning ‘TIA’
• Vascular malformations – which can bleed. Some are congenital (meaning we are born with them), and some develop later in life
• Brain tumours – both benign (often curable with surgery) and malignant (sadly often incurable, but sometimes controllable with surgery)
• Acoustic neuromas – a kind of tumour at the base of the brain, related to the hearing nerves
• Trigeminal neuralgia – terrible ‘spasms’ of facial pain that are often curable with surgery
• Hemifacial spasm – involuntary twitching on one side of the face – often curable with surgery
• Hydrocephalus – a build up of fluid in the brain – sometimes treatable with an endoscope (a surgical camera) or with a shunt (to divert the fluid)
• Head injury – blood clots (haematomas) can develop after a head injury and some need to be removed with surgery

A neurosurgeon has unique training to be able to treat many of these potentially life altering, or life threatening, problems. Dr Spittaler welcomes all new enquiries and referrals.