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General interest articles for patients and their physicians:

• Topics include "headache", "traumatic brain injury", "hydrocephalus", and the debate regarding "mobile phones and brain tumors"

Reader-friendly, practical and comprehensive information on brain surgery (in 25 illustrated chapters):

• 1. Why does one need to know about all of this, anyway? 2. About the brain; 3. About brain surgeons; 4. Types of brain disorders; 5. Symptoms, signs and complications of brain disorders; 6. Investigating brain disorders; 7. Treatment options (e.g., open surgery, radiation, endovascular surgery); 8. What a patient should think about; 9. What a surgeon may be thinking about; 10. Informed consent; 11. Preparing for open surgery; 12. The open surgical procedure and early postoperative period; 13. Drains, shunts, reservoirs, and needle biopsy with a head frame; 14. The radiosurgical procedure and early postoperative period; 15. The endovascular surgical procedure and early postoperative period; 16. Wound issues; 17. Issues concerning comatose and critically ill patients; 18. Complications of treatment ; 19. Recurrent or persistent disease after treatment, and the need for follow-up; 20. Recovery and rehabilitation; 21. Four case histories (brain tumors, brain hemorrhage, brain trauma); 22. Neurosurgery: What’s on the horizon?; 23. The brain disorder and surgery checklist; 24. Online resources; 25. Some frequently asked questions (FAQs).…

Relevant Books: "Brain Surgery" and "The Brain Aneurysm"

A comprehensive Brain Tumor Education Resource

• Meningioma
• Glioma (including astrocytoma, "GBM"/glioblastoma, ependymoma, oligodendroglioma)
• Metastasis
• Schwannoma (including acoustic neuroma)
• Miscellaneous: Dermoid, Epidermoid, Choroid plexus papilloma, Pituitary tumor, Colloid cyst,...

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