Procedures We Perform
UT Health Austin’s Functional Neurosurgery Clinic diagnoses, treats, and manages complex neurological conditions. See below for a list of procedures performed at the Functional Neurosurgery Clinic.
Procedures
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor, and Epilepsy
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS), and Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Battery Replacements
- Functional, Stereotactic, and Epilepsy Surgery
- High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (FUS/HIFU) for Tremor
- Intracranial Electroencephalography (EEG) and Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) for Epilepsy
- Intraventricular Endoscopy for Hydrocephalus, Brain Cysts, and Colloid Cysts
- Intrathecal Pumps for Spasticity
- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT/Stereotactic Laser Ablation)
- Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery (Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia, and Spasticity)
- Movement Disorder Surgery
- Percutaneous Rhizotomy for Facial Pain
- Peripheral Nerve and Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation for Pain
- Responsive Neurostimulation System (RNS) for Epilepsy
- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Back Pain
- Stereotactic Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation for Epilepsy, Chronic Pain, and Tremors
- Temporal Lobectomy for Epilepsy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) for Epilepsy, Depression, Stroke Recovery, and Rheumatoid Arthritis