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Best Care for Your Brain Surgery
Choosing Your Neurosurgeon
Why Choose Dr. Cohen as Your Neurosurgeon?
Inspiring Patient Stories
Kate, a Physician (Pathologist)
Travis and Tricia, Overcoming the Impossible
Natalie, Resolved and Grateful
Albert, His Facial Spasms and a Cure
Acoustic Neuroma
Overview
Types
Overview
What Is an Acoustic Neuroma?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Acoustic Neuroma and Cancer
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Chemotherapy
Observation
Surgery Expectations
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Acoustic Neuroma
Acromegaly
Overview
Types
What Is Acromegaly?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Medications
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Acromegaly
Arteriovenous Fistula
Overview
Types
Overview
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Arteriovenous Malformation
Overview
Types
Overview
What Is Arteriovenous Malformation?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Risk Factors
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Surgical Effectiveness
Endovascular Treatment
Radiosurgery
Medications
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Arteriovenous Malformation
Brain Aneurysm
Overview
General Information for Patients
Statistics
Types
Overview
Vascular Anatomy
Types of Aneurysms
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Treatment
Overview
Open Surgery
Endovascular Surgery
Medical Management & Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Brain Aneurysm
Brain Metastasis
Overview
Types
Overview
What is Brain Metastasis?
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Cancer and Brain Metastasis
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Medical Management
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living with Brain Metastasis
Brain Tumor
Overview
Types
Overview
Types of Brain Tumors
Locations
Children
Grades
Benign
Statistics
Natural History
Overview
Symptoms
Causes
Risk Factors
Warning Signs
Treatment
Overview
Surgical Recovery
Coping With Treatment
Follow-Up Care
Recurrence
Survival
Overview
Living With Brain Tumor
Survival Outcomes
Recovery Outlook
Success
Cavernous Malformation
Overview
Types
Overview
What Is Cavernous Malformation?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Surgery Outcomes
Medications
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Cavernous Malformation
Cerebral Bypass Surgery
Chondrosarcoma
Overview
Types
Overview
What is a Chondrosarcoma?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Chondrosarcoma and Cancer
Treatments
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living with Chondrosarcoma
Chordoma
Overview
Types
Overview
What is a Chordoma?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Chordoma and Cancer
Treatments
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living with Chordoma
Craniopharyngioma
Overview
Types
Overview
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Craniopharyngioma and Cancer
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Chemotherapy
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Craniopharyngioma
Craniotomy
Overview
Awake Craniotomy
CSF Leak
Overview
Symptoms
Causes
Diagnosing
Treatment
Risks
Recovery Outlook
CT
Overview
What Is a CT Scan?
Risks
Side Effects
Preparation
What to Expect
Cushing’s Disease
Overview
Types
What is Cushing’s Disease?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Medical Management
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living with Cushing’s Disease
Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery
Overview
What is ETT Surgery?
Benefits
Risks
Recovery
Ependymoma
Overview
Types
What Is Ependymoma?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Ependymoma and Cancer
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Medications
Survival
Overview
Living With Ependymoma
Esthesioneuroblastoma
Overview
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Treatment
Glioma
Overview
Types
Overview
What Is a Glioma?
Low-Grade
High-Grade
Astrocytoma
Ependymoma
Oligodendroglioma
Glioblastoma
Brainstem Glioma
Glioma vs. Glioblastoma
Meningioma vs. Glioblastoma
Natural History
Overview
Causes
Diagnosing
Symptoms
Preventing
Is Glioma Cancerous?
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Surgical Recovery
Radiation Therapy
Chemotherapy
Observation
Survival
Overview
Outlook
End of Life
Long-Term Survivors
The Grieving Process
Glioblastoma Recurrence
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Hemangioblastoma
Overview
Types
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Cancer and Hemangioblastoma
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Hemangioblastoma
Hemifacial Spasm
Overview
Types
Overview
What Is Hemifacial Spasm?
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Medications
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Hemifacial Spasm
Lymphoma
Overview
Types
Causes
Symptoms
Risks
Diagnosing
Treatment
Recovery Outlook
Medulloblastoma
Overview
Types
Overview
Types of Medulloblastoma
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Meningioma
Overview
Types
Overview
What Is a Meningioma?
Subtypes and Locations
Classification
Natural History
Overview
Cancer and Meningioma
Diagnosing
Symptoms
Causes
Treatment
Overview
Surgical Management
Surgery Expectations
Is Meningioma Surgery Dangerous?
Radiation Therapy
Chemotherapy
Observation
Coping With Treatment
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Meningioma
Outlook and Prognosis
Meningioma Recurrence
MRI
Overview
What Is an MRI Scan?
Risks
Side Effects
Preparation
What to Expect
Petroclival Meningioma
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Overview
What Is Pilocytic Astrocytoma?
Symptoms and Causes
Diagnosing
Treatment
Recovery Outlook
Living With Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Pineal Tumor
Overview
Types
Types of Pineal Tumors
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Pineal Tumor and Cancer
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Medications
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Pineal Tumor
Pineoblastoma
Overview
Pituitary Tumor
Overview
General Information for Patients
Pituitary Gland
Overview
Anatomy
Pituitary Hormones and Functions
Pituitary Tumors
Overview
Types
Symptoms
Diagnosing
Causes
Cancer and Pituitary Tumors
Treatment
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Medications
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living With Pituitary Tumor
Schwannoma
Second Opinion
What Is Neurosurgery?
Types of Neurosurgeons
Overview
General Neurosurgery
Vascular Neurosurgery
Endovascular Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Oncology
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Spinal Neurosurgery
Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery
Peripheral Nerve Neurosurgery
Seeking a Neurosurgical Second Opinion
Overview
Right to a Second Opinion
Can a Physician Refuse?
Purpose
Logistics
Overview
Insurance Coverage
What Happens
What to Ask
Find the Top Expert for Your Surgery
Spinal Cord Injury
Overview
Statistics
Spinal Cord Tumor
Overview
Types
Overview
Types of Spinal Cord Tumors
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Causes
Spinal Cord Tumors and Cancer
Treatments
Overview
Surgery
Radiation Therapy
Medical Management
Observation
Survival
Overview
Recovery Outlook
Living with a Spinal Cord Tumor
Spinal Cord Tumor Treatment
Stereotactic Brain Biopsy
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Transsphenoidal Surgery
Overview
Traumatic Brain Injury
Trigeminal Neuralgia
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