Links to other information Other information on back and neck pain/injury Spinal cord injury links. General Disability Links Information on repetitive stress injury and other disorders of peripheral nerves including carpal tunnel syndrome Other ergonomics links Spinal AVMs Syringomyelia and Arnold Chiari Malformation Links Please, add (and look for) additional links in the Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Guestbook

Information about the Treatment of Spinal Tumors

• Management of Cranial and Spinal Meningiomas
  • Introduction to the therapy of Meningiomas
  • General Considerations in Management of Meningiomas
    • Surgery of Meningiomas
    • Radiation Therapy of Meningiomas
    • Observation of Meningiomas
  • Summary of Dr. Ojemann's Meningioma Series at MGH/Harvard
    • FORAMEN MAGNUM MENINGIOMA (File 19)
    • SPINAL MENINGIOMA (File 20)
• Information on stereotactic radiosurgery of spinal tumors
• The ABTA's About Metastatic Tumors to the Brain & Spine
• Central Neurocytoma of the Cervical Spinal Cord Homepage. (Central neurocytoma is a rare spinal cord tumor recently described at MGH.)
  • Radiographic appearance
  • Intraoperative appearance
  • Histological appearance
• MGH Meningioma Homepage
• The New WHO Classification of Tumors affecting the CNS
• MGH Neurosurgery's Neuro-oncology Resources for more information on all types of spinal tumors

• MGH Neurosurgery's Spine Evaluation Unit
• A note on the treatment of sciatica and spinal stenosis from MGH1996.
• Herniated discs were first identified as a cause of pathology and treated by Mixter and Barr at MGH. See the landmark 1933 New England Journal of Medicine article.
• MGH Biomotion Lab
• An open discusssion on spinal disorders is provided by the MGH NeurologyWebForums. Select Spinal Disorders.
• Yahoo's Back and Neck Injury Index
• US Public Health Service Consumers Guide to Understanding Acute Low Back Problems
  • Spanish version of consumer guidlines: Los problemas de la espalda
  • Physician's version: Acute Low Back Problem's in Adult's
• US National Institutes of Health Patient's Guide to Pain Control after Surgery
• RealAudio: WAMC Radio's The Health Show on Back and Neck Injury (requires the free RealAudio Player and a sound card.)
• BACKS-L Low back pain, disability, and rehabilitation e-mailing list. To subscribe send a message to listproc@moose.uvm.edu. In the message include the following: Subscribe backs-l Your Name. Subscribers: 170 (approximate).
• Back pain guide for patients (UIowa)
• Back Pain in Children for clinicians (UIowa)
• Medical Multimedia Group's A Patient's Guide to Low Back Pain
• Halo vest patient guide (UIowa)
• SOMI Brace patient guide (UIowa)
• Information about spinal myelograms/myelography in the diagnosis of spinal disorders.
• Radiographic (MRI and CT scan) Diagnosis of Disk Disease (Georges Y. El-Khoury, MD, UIowa)
• Low Back Pain (AAOS)
• Exercises to minimize problems with back pain (AAOS)
• What should I do when I've hurt my lower back? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• The Low Down on Low Back Pain American College of Emergency Physicians
• US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute Low Back Problems in Adults
• NIH NINDS mini-fact sheet on Arachnoiditis.
• Introduction to Spinal Disorders and Their Treatment from NYU Neurosurgery
  • Back Pain Introduction and Definitions
  • Lumbar Disc Herniation
  • Lumbar Stenosis
  • Cervical Disc Disease
  • Cervical Spondylosis
• A Back Pain Exercise Program from the University of New Mexico
• Also see other ergonomics links: information on preventing back injury

• MGH Neurosurgery's guide to organizations providing support and education regarding spinal cord injury and paralysis.
• Yahoo's Paralysis Index
• American Paralysis Association Homepage
• University of Maryland Spinal Cord Injury Info (gopher)
• SCI Support
• SCI Web
• SCI Support Network with The Cord Newsletter
• Spinal Cord Injury Information from the (US) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Promoting New Growth In Damaged Nerves
  • Neural Prostheses: Bypassing The Spinal Cord Damage
  • Procedures Taken After A Spinal Cord Injury
  • Electronic Aids & Long-Term Treatment Of Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Spinal Cord Injury: Hope Through Research
  • Spinal Cord Injury & Drug Treatment
  • Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
  • New Research For Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Better Survival, Richer Lives Of Spinal Cord Injury Patients
  • Spinal Cord Injuries: Where To Go For Help
• General Disability Links National Spinal Cord Injury Association
• National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline
  Spinal cord injury service Hotline's toll free number is 1-800-526-3456.
  It is an information and referral service available to individuals who have sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and their families. The office hours are 9-5 EST and 24 hours for new injuries.
  The Hotline was established in 1984 and the heartbeat of the Hotline is its peer support network. Now over 550 individuals across the country volunteer to provide support and assistance to others in their geographic area. The Hotline is financially supported by the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

• An article on spine dural-AVMs from the Neurovascular News at MGH/Harvard

• Medical Multimedia Group's A Patient's Guide to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Medical Multimedia Group's Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Repetitive Stress Injury Archives(Caltech)
• Introduction to computer-related repetitive stress injury(RSI)
• Information about thoracic outlet syndrome from the RSI email archives.
• Typing Injury FAQ(and comprehensive link list)
• Mailing lists devoted to repetitive stress injuries
  • SOREHAND an email list devoted to carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, thoracic outlet syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other forms of upper limb disorder. To subscribe send mail to LISTSERV@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu. include the following in the body of the message: Subscribe SOREHAND
  • RSI-East is the east coast's answer to sorehand, where usersdiscuss their experiences and offer support, referral, and treatment information to one another. Subscriptions are available to anyone with an interest in RSIs. The list is intended as a regional resource. Subscribe by sending mail with any subject to: listserv@sjuvm.stjohns.edu with the message body reading: subscribe rsi-east YourName
  • RSI-UK is Great Britain's RSI mailing list, open to anyone. Subscribe by sending mail with any subject to: listserv@tictac.demon.co.uk with the message body reading: subscribe rsi-uk Your Name

• MGH Biomotion Lab
• IMPACC USA
  • Repetitive Strain Disorders FAQ
  • Back FAQ
• Cornell University Human Factors and Ergonomics Group
  • Intervention for Prevention/Treatmentof Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Back Injury Prevention Program
  • Postural Risk Factorsfor Back Injury
• Columbia Medical School's Screening for the Risk of Low Back Injury
• Lift it Safe Prevent Back Pain (AAOS)
• Medical Multimedia Group's A Patient's Guide to Cumulative Trauma Disorder(CTD)