Useful Websites

[David Hosobuchi]

Use this thread for posting other websites relevent to this forum....:)

[dka_palmer]

I have found this website useful and informative
Americas Brain Tumor Association
http://www.abta.org/aboutus.htm

[chunky]

I have found this website useful and informative
Americas Brain Tumor Association
http://www.abta.org/aboutus.htm
That is a great organization as my neurosurgeon was one of the founders Charles B Wilson, MD back in 1972.
D

[softprofile]

Check this link ..this gives interesting information about criteria that differentiates symtomatic and asymptomatic colloid cysts.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10807239&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=36&itool=pubmed_docsum

[dka_palmer]

http://www.thamburaj.com/colloid_cyst.htm

[dka_palmer]

http://www.skullbaseinstitute.com/
A really good website that has animation showing the difference between Traditional and Endoscopic surgeries

[dka_palmer]

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2906.htm
Introduction - Indications - Diagnostic - Treatment - Pictures

[jpn9736]

I am hoping the moderator can sticky this specific link to a study by the Mayo Clinic. I think it would answer a lot of questions and comfort those of us "sentenced" to the indefinite monitoring route:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=10470808

[Hopeful]

This is an old but good article on how to seek a second opinion:
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/how-to-ask-for-second-opinion

[Bill[uk]]

this is difficult to read but very detailed.

Endoscopy of the central and peripheral nervous system google book result

[dka_palmer]

Found another really good website with information related to colloid cysts, it contains information on Symptoms, misdiagnosis, complications, treatments, etc.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/c/colloid_cysts_of_third_ventricle/intro.htm

[mtman]

Here are some general informational links along with links pertaining to endoscopic colloid cyst procedures.

http://nyp.org/masc/colloid.htm two videos on the right

http://www.or-*********/NYP/2553/event/rnh.cfm

http://www.weillcornell.org/mmsouweidane/

http://www.uthealthleader.org/archive/Surgery/2005/morethanaheadache-0829.html

http://www.or-*********/cpi/1874/

http://www.birf.info/home/library/med-procede/med-pro-surgery.html

http://www.uchospitals.edu/specialties/minisurgery/neurosurgery/

http://www.upmc.com/Services/minc/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.upmc.com/Services/minc/Documents/Kassam-ppm.pdf

http://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/faculty/kassam.html

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/sept05/neurosurgery.html

http://www.neurosurgerydallas.com/2_1_6_5.html#

http://www.utmb.edu/surgery/Am.htm

http://www.jwci.org/research-team.aspx?id=388

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Dec_8/ai_n31123103/

http://www.usnews.com/directories/hospitals/index_html/specialty+ihqneur

http://www.scottcamazine.com/photos/brain/

http://www.ehow.com/how_4475059_treat-colloid-cyst.html

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/249401-overview

http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=130

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/hydrocephalus/detail_hydrocephalus.htm

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[mtman]

Seems the moderators have disabled some of my above links and I am unable to edit the post.

[mtman]

A few more links:

http://www.askican.org/cust3.html

http://nyp.org/news/hospital/326.html

http://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=327

[Allpaw4]

Heres a few I have found from the melbourne dept. of neurosurgery. Basic Info sheets.

Colliod Cyst - What it is etc.
http://www.neurosurgery.com.au/pdfs/ILLNESS/colloidcystpdf.pdf

Procedure Info - Craniotomy for CC
http://www.neurosurgery.com.au/pdfs/OPERATION/colloidcystop.pdf

Post Op Info Sheet - Craniotomy (General Info)
http://www.neurosurgery.com.au/pdfs/postop/postopcranipdf.pdf

Thought these might help some people out there who are new to this 'game' :p

Cheers,
Ben

[chunky]

Hey Ben great web sites I wish they were available when I had my crantiotomy 36 years ago but of course no computors at that time. Thanks again never too late to learn.
Donna

[Ratty]

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=5241491877