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Patient Information

Surgical procedures for trigeminal neuralgia

- Microvascular decompression
- Balloon rhizotomy (info links below)

• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/trigeminal.asp
• http://www.umanitoba.ca/cranial_nerves/trigeminal_neuralgia/manuscript/mvd.html
• http://www.umanitoba.ca/cranial_nerves/trigeminal_neuralgia/manuscript/rhizotomies.html
• http://www.tna-support.org/Articles/Apfel-8.htm
• http://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/imageguided/trigeminal_neuralgia.html
• http://www.mayoclinic.org/trigeminalneuralgia-rst/index.html

  - Alcohol rhizotomy

Surgery for Chiari malformation

- Posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty (info links below)

• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/chiari1.asp
• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/chiari2.asp
• http://www.oxmed.com/docs/datafiles/arnold chiari.html
• http://usresolve.org/chiari-malformation.php

Surgery for obstructive hydrocephalus

- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (info links below)

• http://www.neurosurg.wisc.edu/thrdvent.htm
• http://www.ihc.com/xp/ihc/documents/pcmc/endothirdvent.pdf

Surgery for hydrocephalus

- Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt with programmable valve

• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/adult.asp

Surgery for ruptured disc

- Microdiscectomy with outpatient surgery

Aneurysms

• http://my.webmd.com/search/search_results?query=aneurysms&filter=mywebmd_all_filter
• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/treatment.asp
•  http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/cranial.asp

Brain tumors

• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/brain2.asp

Epilepsy

• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/epilepsy.asp

Facial Pain

• www.med.nyu.edu/neurosurgery/subspecialty/facialpain.html

Intractable epilepsy

- Implant of vagus nerve stimulator (info links below)

• http://www.epilepsysandiego.org/vagus.htm

Minimally invasive brain surgery

- Involves computer guidance (info links below)

• http://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/news/archive/2000/minimally.html
• http://www.neuroendoscopy.info/

Pituitary tumors

• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/pituitary.asp

Spinal Surgery

• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/lumbar.asp
• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/low.asp
• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/cervical.asp
• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/herniated.asp
• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/neck.asp

Stroke

• http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/stroke1.asp

Artificial Disc Information

• http://www.charitedisc.com

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