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Mayo Clinic's approach

Mayo Clinic's world-renowned neurosurgeons are trained in brain surgery and other areas and have experience performing craniotomies to treat a variety of brain conditions. Mayo Clinic doctors and surgeons trained in conditions of the nervous system (neurologists and neurosurgeons) have experience diagnosing and treating conditions that require a craniotomy. These conditions include brain tumors, brain aneurysms, seizures, vascular malformations, bleeding in the brain, brain swelling and more.

Collaboration

Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals in neurology and neurosurgery work with a multidisciplinary team of experts in many specialties to provide comprehensive care for adults and children who need a craniotomy. They work with experts in brain and nervous system imaging (radiologists) and with experts who specialize in the ear, nose, throat and head and neck (otolaryngologists). They also work with radiation oncology, pain medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Specialists in Mayo Clinic's Brain Tumor Program offer personalized and comprehensive care to people with brain tumors.

Expertise

Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals in neurology, neurosurgery and pediatric neurosurgery are on the leading edge of treating brain conditions. Mayo Clinic is one of the few medical centers in the country to offer awake brain surgery. Mayo Clinic's innovative approaches include awake brain surgery, robotics, intraoperative MRI, computer-assisted brain surgery and deep brain stimulation.

Technology

Mayo Clinic is a leader in neurosurgery. Doctors, surgeons and other healthcare professionals use state-of-the-art facilities that include an intraoperative MRI suite, comprehensive intraoperative neuromonitoring and image-guided surgery.

Expertise and rankings

Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons have extensive experience performing complex brain surgeries such as craniotomies. Every year, Mayo Clinic surgeons perform more than 1,400 craniotomies.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery and rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023-2024 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

Learn more about Mayo Clinic's neurology and neurosurgery departments' expertise and rankings.

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