Patient Education

• Below is a series of videos for patient education. These videos are mainly animations showing basic concepts and key steps of operations

• They are deliberately brief and simplified showing an artist's impression of the surgery 

• There are some differences between these animations and what happens in actual operations. However, they are an excellent stating point before discussing the actual surgery with Mr Samandouras

• The videos are organised by groups of problems. Clicking on a topic will take you to the related video. 

Simple Procedures

• Lumbar Puncture (LP)

• Nerve conduction studies

Spinal Problems

• Anatomy of the spine

• Cervical Radiculopathy

• Anterior Cervical Discectomy 

• Cervical Laminectomy

• Cervical Foraminotomy

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• Lumbar Degenerative Disease

• Lumbar microdiscectomy

• Lumbar laminectomy

• Pain management

• Lumbar Facet Joint Injections

• Lumbar epidural injections

Hydrocephalus

• Hydrocephalus

• Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement

• Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

• Chiari Malformation

• Foramen magnum decompression

Head Injury

• Burr hole drainage

• Craniotomy for subdural haematoma

Peripheral Nerve

• Carpal tunnel decompression

• Ulnar nerve decompression