Understand your procedure before your visit
I wrote these guides so you can arrive at your appointment already understanding what to expect, and with the questions worth asking.
Deep brain stimulation
What to expect from DBS: the two stages of surgery, your hospital stay, recovery, and programming.
Read the guide Movement disordersSurgical options for essential tremor
Who should consider surgery, and how deep brain stimulation, focused ultrasound, radiofrequency thalamotomy, and Gamma Knife compare.
Read the guide Movement disordersSurgical options for Parkinson’s disease
Who should consider surgery, and how deep brain stimulation and focused ultrasound compare.
Read the guide Movement disordersDBS battery replacement
Preparing for a DBS battery replacement, and what recovery looks like.
Read the guide Movement disordersFocused ultrasound
How to prepare for focused ultrasound, what happens on the day of treatment, and what comes after.
Read the guide Facial painMicrovascular decompression
Preparing for surgery, and what to expect afterward.
Read the guide Facial painSurgical options for trigeminal neuralgia
How trigeminal neuralgia is diagnosed and treated, and how microvascular decompression, Gamma Knife, and rhizotomy compare.
Read the guide RadiosurgeryGamma Knife radiosurgery
Preparing for Gamma Knife, and what the treatment day and follow-up look like.
Read the guide Cervical spineCervical disc replacement
Preparing for cervical disc replacement (arthroplasty), and what recovery looks like.
Read the guide Cervical spineAnterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Preparing for ACDF, and what recovery looks like.
Read the guide Cervical spineCORUS cervical fusion
Preparing for CORUS cervical fusion, and what recovery looks like.
Read the guide EpilepsySurgical options for epilepsy
Who should consider surgery, what the evaluation looks like, and how craniotomy, laser ablation, RNS, DBS, and VNS compare.
Read the guide EpilepsyResponsive neurostimulation (RNS)
What to expect before, during, and after RNS surgery for epilepsy.
Read the guide EpilepsyStereotactic EEG (SEEG)
Preparing for SEEG, what the monitoring stay is like, and what happens after the electrodes come out.
Read the guide EpilepsyCraniotomy for epileptic focus
Preparing for epilepsy surgery, and what recovery looks like.
Read the guide Brain tumorsCraniotomy for brain tumor/lesion
Preparing for a craniotomy, and what recovery looks like.
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