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Commonly treated conditions

Specialists at the Aurora St. Luke's Neuro-Otologic Skull Base Surgery Center care for a wide variety of people who suffer from congenital, traumatic, neoplastic or infectious disorders involving the skull base. Comprehensive treatment plans are offered for:

• Tumors
• Infectious disorders
• Inflammatory conditions
• Congenital lesions
• Facial nerve disorders
• Trauma
• Vascular conditions

Because many tumors may involve the facial nerve and other cranial nerves, sophisticated monitoring techniques are used during surgery to minimize neural injury.

A number of common symptoms may indicate the presence of an underlying skull base lesion, including:

• Hearing loss
• Tinnitus
• Dizziness]
• Headaches
• Lower cranial nerve dysfunction
• Acoustic neuroma
• Brain attack (stroke)
• Cerebral aneurysm
• Subarachnoid hemmorrhage
• Back and neck pain

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