Neurosurgery Patient Information

Surgical procedures for trigeminal neuralgia

- Microvascular decompression
- Balloon rhizotomy(info links below)

- Alcohol rhizotomySurgery for Chiari malformation- Posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty (info links below)

Surgery for obstructive hydrocephalus
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (info links below)

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

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)

Pituitary tumors

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

Spinal Surgery

Stroke

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