Abbreviation in Neurosurgery

AAD           Atlantoaxial Dislocation

ACDF        Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

ACM          Arnold Chiari Malformation

AVM           Arteriovenous Malformation

 

TLIF          Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

TNTS        Trans Nasal Transsphenoidal

VGB          Vigabatrin

 

GKRS       Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

 

OPLL        Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

 

IDEM         Intradural Extramedullary

ICA            Internal Carotid Artery

 

MCA          Middle Cerebral Artery

MLSOC     Midline Suboccipital craniotomy

 

ETV           Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy

EEG           ElectroEncephalography

EDAMS     Encephalo Duro anterio Myo Synangiosis

 

SPC          Sphenopetrosa Clival

SSEP        Somatosensory Evoked Potential

SAH          Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

STA           Superficial Temporal Artery

 

RMSOC     Retromastoid Suboccipital Craniotomy

 

FTP           FrontoTemporoparietal

FLAIR       Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery

 

IVD             Intervertebral Disc

IVF             Intervertebral foramen

ICP             Intracranial Pressure

 

PECD        Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy

PELD         Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy

PET          Positron Emission Tomography

PIVD          Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc

 

 

DACA        Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm

DBS          Deep Brain Stimulation

DTI         Diffusion Tensor Imaging

DSA           Digital Subtraction Angiography

 

MCS       Motor Cortex Stimulation

MACE     Mayo Asymptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy

MPVP        Medium Pressure Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

MRA           Magnetic Resonance Angiography

MRI            Magnetic Resonance

MEP          Motor Evoked Potentials

 

IOM         Intraoperative Monitoring

IOUS       Intraoperative Ultrasound

 

CBF        Cerebral Blood Flow

CCF        Carotid Cavernous FIstulas

CEA         Carotid Endarterectomy

CECT       Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography

CUSA        Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator

CSF           CerebroSpinal Fluid

CAGE        Cut down Annoyed Guilty and Eyeopener

CAS           Clinical Assessment Service

CPA           Cerebro Pontine Angle

 

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