Frameless laser-guided stereotaxis: A system for CT-monitored neurosurgical interventions.

abstract：:We sought to identify optimal paradigms of bilateral globus pallidus internus (GPi) stimulation in 3 subsequent patients with severe cervical dystonia. At low frequency stimulation (50-60 Hz) with wide pulse width (500 micros) and high amplitude (4.5-8.0 V), we observed immediate and consistent improvement of dystonia...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Goto S,Mita S,Ushio Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of low- and high-frequency deep brain stimulation (DBS) on the nucleus accumbens (ACC) and the adjacent internal capsule in 3 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) under intraope...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Hiss S,Hesselmann V,Hunsche S,Kugel H,Sturm V,Maintz D,Visser-Vandewalle V,Liebig T,Maarouf M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computerized brain atlas is a new application area in the practical use of stereotactic neurosurgery. Our approach provides a solution for the straightforward definition of a coordinate system (CA-CP), localization of the selected target point, trepanation points and trajectory transformation of the stereotactic elect...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Sramka M,Ruzicky E,Novotny M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidences of metastatic brain tumors from malignant melanomas have increased and survival has been prolonged by novel molecular targeted agents and immunotherapy. However, malignant melanomas are uncommon in Asian populations. OBJECTIVES:We retrospectively analyzed treatment efficacy and identified pro...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Matsunaga S,Shuto T,Yamamoto M,Yomo S,Kondoh T,Kobayashi T,Sato M,Okamoto H,Serizawa T,Nagano O,Kenai H,Obara T,Iwai Y,Yasuda S,Hasegawa T,Kubo K,Shidoh S,Mori K,Hayashi M,Inoue A,Onoue S,Gondo M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) using external beam radiation therapy (XRT) alone results in significant local recurrence. To improve local control, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was used to boost radiation to the primary tumor site following XRT in 23 patients with NPC. SRS was delivered u...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Chang SD,Tate DJ,Goffinet DR,Martin DP,Adler JR Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In selected patients with recurrent malignant glioma, interstitial brachytherapy has been advocated as an effective method for tumor control and prolonged survival. We are presenting our results with brachytherapy in patients with recurrent glioma, and comparing this technique with cytoreductive surgery. Twenty patien...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Ryken TC,Hitchon PW,VanGilder JC,Wen BC,Jani S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stereotactic biopsies are subject to sampling errors (essentially due to target selection). The presence of contrast enhancement is not a reliable marker of malignancy. The goal of the present study was to determine whether perfusion-weighted imaging can improve target selection in stereotactic biopsies. MET...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lefranc M,Monet P,Desenclos C,Peltier J,Fichten A,Toussaint P,Sevestre H,Deramond H,Le Gars D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study on the effects of bilateral anterior capsulotomy in patients with refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is presented. A total of 18 procedures were performed in 15 patients. The mean duration of the OCDs was 18.1 +/- 5.6 years (range 11-26 years). The mean total Yale-Brown Scale (Y-BOCS) s...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Oliver B,Gascón J,Aparicio A,Ayats E,Rodriguez R,Maestro De León JL,García-Bach M,Soler PA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this study is to retrieve the attention to the treatment opportunities for this cohort of intractable bitemporal epilepsy patients who in most cases are not considered optimal candidates for surgery. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that electrophysiologically guided precis...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Chkhenkeli SA,Šramka M,Rakviashvili TN,Lortkipanidze GS,Magalashvili GE,Bregvadze ESh,Otarashvili A,Gagoshidze TSh

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Evidence has been provided that the subiculum may play an important role in the generation of seizures. Electrical stimulation at this target has been reported to have anticonvulsive effects in kindling and pilocarpine rat models, while in a clinical study of hippocampal deep brain stimulation (DBS), conta...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Vázquez-Barrón D,Cuéllar-Herrera M,Velasco F,Velasco AL

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Abnormal neurogenesis in the hippocampus after status epilepticus (SE) has been suggested as a key pathogeny of temporal lobe epilepsy. This study aimed to investigate the effect of deep brain stimulation of the anterior thalamic nucleus (ANT-DBS) on hippocampal neurogenesis in LiCl-pilocarpine-induced epilepti...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Tang W,He X,Feng L,Liu D,Yang Z,Zhang J,Xiao B,Yang Z

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a series of 47 patients with craniopharyngiomas treated by stereotaxy in the past 15 years. There was no mortality nor immediate postoperative morbidity in the treatment of the cystic portion of the neoplasm. Intracavitary colloidal yttrium (90Y) was extremely effective in obtaining long-lasting di...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Frank F,Fabrizi AP,Frank G,Fioravanti A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The true accuracy of MRI scanners utilized for target acquisition in functional stereotaxis remains undefined. We have performed pallidotomies at the Loma Linda University Medical Center using both MRI and MRI concomitant with positive contrast ventriculography. A retrospective study of 33 cases revealed significant d...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Mandybur G,Morenski J,Kuniyoshi S,Iacono RP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The results from thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) for atypical tremor syndromes including tremor from multiple sclerosis (MS) and stroke are often disappointing. Three recent case reports have suggested that simultaneous stimulation of multiple thalamic targets can result in sustained improvement in suc...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lim DA,Khandhar SM,Heath S,Ostrem JL,Ringel N,Starr P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In his keynote address, the author reviews early work in the surgical management of the epilepsies and presents a state-of-the-art review of current basic science and clinical indications for and results from corpus callosotomy for the treatment of seizure disorders. ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Marino R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Leksell Gamma Unit was commissioned and a Lars Leksell Center for Radiosurgery was established at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in March 1989. At that time a formal quality assurance program designed for the Leksell Gamma Unit was put into effect. This paper will review the components of suggeste...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Berk HW,Agarwal SK

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The longevity of batteries in internal pulse generators (IPGs) used clinically for deep brain stimulation is not known. We conducted a study to assess the life span of these batteries. From 1993 to 2000, 163 single-channel batteries were surgically implanted in our institution. The electrical settings utilized in pati...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Bin-Mahfoodh M,Hamani C,Sime E,Lozano AM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the internal segment of the globus pallidus (GPi) is an alternative therapy in ameliorating the clinical symptoms of primary Meige syndrome. Nevertheless, proof of its efficacy and safety is insufficient due to several case reports and small-sample clinical studies. This study ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Tian H,Yu Y,Zhen X,Zhang L,Yuan Y,Zhang B,Wang L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Writer's cramp is a specific movement disorder with hand muscle cramps in writing, being classified into focal and action-specific dystonia. Stereotactic surgery, such as thalamotomy and deep brain stimulation (DBS), has been reported for writer's cramp; however, the number of reported cases is still scarce ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Asahi T,Koh M,Kashiwazaki D,Kuroda S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic cingulotomy constitutes a psychosurgical procedure nowadays advocated in the treatment of medically intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder, chronic pain and drug addiction. From its theoretical conception to the first cingulectomies performed and modern stereotactic-guided cingulotomies, various target...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Brotis AG,Kapsalaki EZ,Paterakis K,Smith JR,Fountas KN

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial effects of ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) stimulation were evaluated in 20 patients with tremor refractory to medical therapy. Thalamic stimulation is a non-ablative procedure which has the advantage of a reversible, non-destructive lesion. Eleven patients [7 with Parkinson's disease (PD) and 4 with...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kumar K,Kelly M,Toth C

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to 60% of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients suffer from low back pain (LBP) during the course of their disease. How LBP affects daily functional status and how to manage this aspect of PD has not been adequately explored. METHODS:We examined 16 patients undergoing bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Smith H,Gee L,Kumar V,Ramirez-Zamora A,Durphy J,Hanspal E,Barba A,Molho E,Shin D,Pilitsis JG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1985 and 1997, 563 therapeutic craniotomies were performed: 311 anterior temporal (ATL) and 158 extramesial temporal (XMT) resections, 67 callosotomies, 20 hemispherectomies and 7 multiple subpial transections. Sixty-seven percent of nonlesional ATL cases were seizure free (SF), and 76% of nonlesional ATL case...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Smith JR,Lee MR,Jenkins PD,King DW,Murro AM,Park YD,Lee GP,Meador KJ,Loring DW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, no consensus has been reached regarding validated and practical tools to quantify the severity of hemifacial spasm (HFS) before and after surgery. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study has been to establish objective parameters for determining the preoperative severity of HFS and to assess the correlatio...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lee JA,Jo KW,Kong DS,Park K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) secondary to tumors is encountered in up to 6% of patients with facial pain syndromes and is considered to be associated with tumors affecting the trigeminal nerve pathways. The most frequent are meningiomas and vestibular schwannomas (VS). Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has emer...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Peciu-Florianu I,Régis J,Levivier M,Dedeciusova M,Reyns N,Tuleasca C

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypothalamic hamartomas are associated with precocious puberty and chronic epilepsy characterized by gelastic seizures. The seizure disorder is usually refractory to most antiepileptic drugs. Gamma knife surgery has emerged as an alternative to microsurgical removal or radiofrequency ablation to improve seiz...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Mathieu D,Kondziolka D,Niranjan A,Flickinger J,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1992 to November 1996, 17 patients with the diagnosis of intracranial meningioma underwent radiosurgical treatment. Of these, 7 patients were treated using a Linac-based system (group 1), and 10 using the Leksell Gamma Knife unit (group 2). The follow-up ranged between 12 and 48 (median 33) months for gro...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Zamorano L,Saenz A,Matter A,Buciuc R,Gaspar L,Fontanesi J,Garzon A,Diaz F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this case report is to demonstrate that a benign tumour arising solely from the olfactory bulb can act as a primary epileptic focus and to illustrate the difficulty in making a preoperative diagnosis of pathological lesions in this area. The case of a 29-year-old male with intractable epilepsy is pres...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： McEvoy AW,Bartolucci M,Revesz T,Harkness W

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Experimental data and case reports of patients with intractable epilepsy treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) suggest a considerable anticonvulsant effect. However, no satisfactory mechanisms of action have yet been elucidated. We investigated the putative therapeutic me...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Shon YM,Lee KJ,Kim HJ,Chung YA,Ahn KJ,Kim YI,Yang DW,Kim BS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesions are effective in treating specific pain syndromes, most notably post-brachial plexus avulsion. There is limited experience, however, with lesions in the conus medullaris. We review the case of a patient having pelvic pain and urinary retention who failed to improve despite multipl...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Gorecki JP,Burt T,Wee A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00