The Scottish Government

This page is designed to offer clinicians and patients a single point of access to printable versions of all the charitable/voluntary sector patient information leaflets and booklets relating to neurosurgical conditions that we know of. If there are any other resources that you have used and found helpful, please email with your suggestions.

Shortly, we would hope to have available via this site a range of locally-developed leaflets describing a range of procedures which can be customised to suit (your NHS Board logo and contact details) and printed off for patients.

Procedures

Craniotomy - a guide for patients and carers (Brain and Spine Foundation (BSF))

MRI scan - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Coiling of brain aneurysms - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

CT scan - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Angiogram - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Neurophysiology - a guide to brain and nerve electrical function tests (BSF)

Coil embolisation of unruptured intracranial anuerysms - understanding NICE guidance (for people considering the procedure)

Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease - understanding NICE guidance (for people considering the procedure)

Intracranial Pressure Monitoring - a guide for family and friends (Medtronic)

Brain injury and trauma

Head injury and concussion - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Paediatric trauma - wide range of factsheets from the Child Brain Injury Trust

Basic brain information (Headway UK)

Brain injury and epilepsy (Headway UK)

Post-traumatic amnesia (Headway UK)

Coma questions (Headway UK)

Education after brain injury (Headway UK)

Spine

Back and neck pain - spinal degenerative disease and related disorders (BSF)

Spinal tumours - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Transverse myelitis - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Brain haemorrhage and tumour

Headache - a guide to headache causes and treatments (BSF)

Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Recovering from a subarachnoid haemorrhage (BSF)

Vascular malformations of the brain - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Brain tumour - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Acoustic neuroma - some answers about acoustic neuroma (BANA)

Neurological conditions/rehabilitation

Motor neurone disease - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

CJD - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Multiple sclerosis - a range of information from MS Society Scotland

Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Paralysis - a guide to living and coping with paralysis (BSF)

Speech, language and communication difficulties - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Transient inschaemic attacks and mild stroke - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Meningitis and encephalitis - a guide for patients and carers (BSF)

Pituitary

The pituitary gland and its hormones (The Pituitary Foundation (TPF))

Hypopituitarism and replacement therapy (TPF)

Acromegaly (TPF)

Adult Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy (TPF)

Cushing's (TPF)

Prolactinoma (TPF)

Pituitary surgery (TPF)

Pituitary radiotherapy (TPF)