Table 1.

Neurosurgical cases performed at Children’s Hospital #2 during 2014

Case Type	Number of Cases
Craniotomy for trauma	96
Craniotomy for tumor or biopsy	123
Craniotomy for infection*	38
Ventricular shunt†	127
ETV/CPC	44
Craniosynostosis correction	18
Craniotomy for vascular pathology‡	14
Craniotomy for other§	49
Diagnostic cerebral angiogram	44
Neuroendovascular intervention	1
Spine for trauma	2
Spine for tumor or vascular lesion	14
Spine for neural tube defects	43

^*includes primary brain abscess, empyema

^†includes placement of new ventricular shunts, revisions, exploration, removal, and replacement

^‡includes evacuation of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage, encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis

^§incudes Chiari malformation repair, encephaloceles, wound washout, and other miscellaneous cases