Skull Base Surgery

Skull base surgery is a highly specialized, minimally invasive surgical technique for evaluating, diagnosing and treating benign or cancerous growths located on the underside of the brain, the base of the skull and the upper vertebrae of the spinal column.

Dr. Crawford has considerable experience in several benign conditions and has a significant focus in assisting patients with a variety of benign and malignant tumors of the skull base.

Examples of skull base tumors include:

• Acoustic Neuroma
• Facial Nerve Schwannoma
• Meningioma
• Lipoma
• Hemangioma