Neurologic diseases and disorders treated by neurosurgeons.

Brain Tumors: Malignant tumors of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves. Benign tumors including meningioma, epidermoid, dermoid, hemangioblastoma, colloid cyst, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, and craniopharyngioma.

Neurovascular Diseases: Aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) as well as other neurovascular problems of the brain and spinal cord. Carotid endarterectomy to prevent stroke, transient ischemic attack or TIA.

Pituitary Tumors ~ Neuroendocrine Disorders: Pituitary and hypothalamic disorders including acromegaly, Cushing's disease or syndrome, prolactinoma, chromophobe or nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma, and thyrotroph adenomas.

Cranial Base Diseases: lesions affecting the base of the skull - acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannoma) and other tumors of the cranial nerves).

Spine and Peripheral Nerve Disorders: Neurosurgical evaluation of neck and back pain, nerve compression syndromes, peripheral nerve (including nerve compression such as carpal tunnel syndrome) , herniated intervertebral discs, and spinal cord compression syndromes and spine surgery.

Pediatric & Developmental Disorders: brain and spinal tumors, surgery of developmental anomalies including tethered spinal cord, spina bifida, syringomyelia, myelomeningocele, hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis, lipoma, dermal sinus, encephalocele, aqueductal stenosis, myeloschisis, lipomyelomeningocele, split cord malformation, diastematomyelia, Klippel-Feil syndrome, CSF shunts, Dandy-Walker cyst, and Arnold-Chiari malformation.

NeuroGenetic Diseases: inherited neurologic syndromes including neurofibromatosis type I (Von Recklinghausen's disease) and II, tuberous sclerosis, and Von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Trigeminal Neuralgia / Hemifacial Spasm Disorders: trigeminal neuralgia (tic doloureux) and glossopharyngeal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm (tic convulsif).

Functional Neurologic Disorders: Parkinson's disease, obsessive compulsive disorder, cancer-related- and chronic-pain syndromes, thalamotomy for disabling tremor and epilepsy surgery for the surgical treatment of medically refractory seizures.

Trauma, Emergency, Intensive Care, and General Neurosurgery: Spinal Cord and Head Trauma Center and brain disorders resulting from trauma.

Other resources for patients and families related to neurosurgical diseases and disorders treated by neurosurgeons.

• Acoustic neuroma resources
• Brain AVM and aneurysm information and support group (Brain Aneurysm Foundation)
• Back and neck injury information and support resources
• Brain tumor information sources
• Carotid disease
• Craniofacial anomalies
• Craniosynostosis
• Disability Links
• Epilepsy information sources
• Herniated disc (disk)
• Hydrocephalus resources
• Hypoglossal neuralgia
• Hemifacial spasm (tic convulsif)
• Meningiomas, Epidermoids, and other Bengn Brain Tumors
• Neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen's disease or NF-I and bilateral acoustic neuromatosis or NF-2 )
• Nerve entrapment (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome) information and support resources
• Parkinson's disease information resources
• Pituitary tumor (adenoma, carcinoma) information. Including acromegaly, Cushing's disease, and prolactinoma.
• Repetitive stress injury resources
• Sciatica
• Spina bifida resources
• Spinal Disorders Information
• Stroke (prevention)
• Traumatic brain injury
• Trigeminal neuralgia (tic doloureux)
• Tuberous sclerosis resources
• Von Hippel-Lindau disease resources