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1 Pterional (Frontosphenotemporal) Craniotomy2 Supratentorial Occipital Craniotomy3 Temporal and Frontotemporal Craniotomy4 Subtemporal (Intradural and Extradural)Craniotomy5 Suboccipital Craniotomy6 Extended Retrosigmoid Craniotomy7 Presigmoid Approaches to Posterior Fossa: Translabyrinthine and Transcochlear8 Transcallosal Approach9 Transnasal Transsphenoidal Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions10 Supracerebellar Infratentorial Approach11 Occipital Transtentorial Approach12 Trauma Flap: Decompressive Hemicraniectomy13 Parasagittal Approach14 Supraorbital (Keyhole) Craniotomy With Optional Orbital Osteotomy15 Frontotemporal Craniotomy with Orbitozygomatic Osteotomy16 Subfrontal and Bifrontal Craniotomies with or without Orbital Osteotomy17 Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach18 Temporopolar (Half-and-Half) Approach to the Basilar Artery and the Retrosellar Space19 Middle Fossa Craniotomy and Approach to the Internal Auditory Canal or Petrous Apex20 Retrolabyrinthine Approach21 Pterional Craniotomy for Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping22 Pterional Craniotomy for Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping 23 Paraclinoid Carotid Artery Aneurysms24 Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Pterional (Frontotemporal) Craniotomy for Clipping25 Paramedian Craniotomy and Unilateral Anterior Interhemispheric Approach for Clipping of Distal Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm26 Vertebral Artery Aneurysms: Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach for Clipping27 Basilar Artery Aneurysm: Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy for Clipping28 Craniotomy for Resection of Intracranial Cortical Arteriovenous Malformation29 Subcortical Arteriovenous Malformations: Corpus Callosum, Lateral Ventricle, Thalamus, and Basal Ganglia30 Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Disconnection31 Cavernous Malformations32 Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass33 Extracranial-Intracranial High-Flow Bypass34 Open Evacuation of Intracerebral Hematoma35 Image-Guided Catheter Evacuation and Thrombolysis for Intracerebral Hematoma36 Anteromedial Temporal Lobe Resection37 Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy38 Seizure Focus Monitor Placement39 Awake Craniotomy40 Corpus Callosotomy (Anterior and Complete)41 Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy42 Deep Brain Stimulation43 Motor Cortex Stimulator Placement44 Occipital and Supraorbital Nerve Stimulator Placement45 Retrosigmoid Craniotomy for Microvascular Decompression46 Cranioplasty (Autogenous, Cadaveric, and Alloplastic)47 Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach48 Endoscopic Colloid Cyst Removal49 Encephalocele Repair50 Craniosynostosis Frontoorbital Advancement and Cranial Vault Reshaping (Open and Endoscopic)51 Arachnoid Cyst Fenestration52 Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy53 Insertion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt54 Anterior C1-2 Fixation55 Transarticular Screws for C1-2 Fixation56 C1-2 Posterior Cervical Fusion57 Occipitocervical Fusion58 Transoral Odontoidectomy59 Odontoid Screw Fixation60 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy61 Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion62 Cervical Laminectomy and Laminoplasty63 Lateral Mass Fixation64 Posterior Cervicothoracic Osteotomy65 Thoracic Diskectomy-Transthoracic Approach66 Thoracic Corpectomy-Anterior Approach67 Costotransversectomy68 Thoracic Transpedicular Corpectomy69 Smith-Petersen Osteotomy70 Thoracic Pedicle Screws71 Lumbar Laminectomy72 Lumbar Microdiskectomy73 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion74 Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion75 Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion76 Anterior Lumbar Corpectomy77 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy78 Lumbar Disk Arthroplasty79 Pelvic Fixation80 Partial Sacrectomy81 Minimally Invasive C1-2 Fusion82 Lumbar Microdiskectomy83 Minimally Invasive Thoracic Corpectomy84 Thoracoscopic Diskectomy85 Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement86 Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion87 Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations88 Surgical Management of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas89 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformation90 Spinal Cord Stimulator91 Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy92 Primary Myelomeningocele Closure93 Tethered Cord Release94 Exploration for Injury to an Infant's Brachial Plexus95 Ulnar Nerve Release96 Open Carpal Tunnel Release97 Brachial Plexus Injury Nerve Grafting and Transfers98 Intradural Nerve Sheath Tumors99 Intradural Tumor-Meningioma100 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor