Selectivity of retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

abstract：:Stiff limb syndrome (SLS) is a rare chronic condition which can result in significant debility. We report the case of a 44-year-old man suffering from severe painful spasms in his right leg with a diagnosis of SLS. He had been initially treated for his pain with a spinal cord stimulator but presented with exacerbation...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Ughratdar I,Sivakumar G,Basu S

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:The authors assessed whether gamma knife radiosurgery is effective for patients with acromegaly where the pituitary tumors invaded the cavernous sinus. Radiosurgery was performed on 9 patients (average of 20 Gy to the tumor margin), 8 of whom had already undergone transsphenoidal surgery and/or craniotomy with occasio...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Fukuoka S,Ito T,Takanashi M,Hojo A,Nakamura H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative functional analysis of firing patterns has made it possible to classify human VL neurons into two basic types: (1), units with irregular unitary 3-to 20-imp/s activity (A type) and (2) units with short (10-30 ms) rhythmic (3-6 Hz) burst discharges (B type). These two basic types of VL neurons, determi...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Raeva SN

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：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：:The diagnostic yield of stereotactic biopsies depends upon safely sampling the most representative regions of masses. Potentially, localization information presently available from CT and MR scans might be improved by considering regional levels of cerebral metabolism by PET. In 10 selected stereotactic biopsies of in...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Maciunas RJ,Kessler RM,Maurer C,Mandava V,Watt G,Smith G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 16 years' period, a total of 79 dorsal root entry zone coagulations were performed in 68 patients for deafferentation pain. Of the 23 patients who underwent surgery for pain due to cervical root avulsion, 18 (82%) had a good (12) or fair (6) pain relief (mean follow-up period 51 months). Twelve (57%) patients...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Rath SA,Seitz K,Soliman N,Kahamba JF,Antoniadis G,Richter HP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic techniques were used to transplant adrenal medullary tissue to the head of the right caudate nucleus in 12 patients with Parkinson's disease. No significant lasting complications were seen. All patients had an initial improvement. 11 of the 12 patients remain improved over their preoperative condition aft...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Gildenberg PL,Pettigrew LC,Merrell R,Butler I,Conklin R,Katz J,DeFrance J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old woman with a large acoustic schwannoma underwent surgical excision 18 months after Gamma Knife radiosurgery because of transient expansion of the tumor causing ataxia. Histopathologial investigation by the TUNEL method revealed the presence of some apoptotic cells. The findings were compared with finding...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Fukuoka S,Oka K,Seo Y,Tokanoshi M,Sumi Y,Nakamura H,Nakamura J,Ikawa F

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors assess the accuracy of targeting nucleus ventralis intermedius (Vim) with fast spin echo inversion recovery (FSE/IR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 18 successful deep brain stimulator (DBS) implants for medically refractory tremor. FSE/IR-MRI-derived coordinates are compared to the final coordinates e...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Alterman RL,Reiter GT,Shils J,Skolnick B,Arle JE,Lesutis M,Simuni T,Colcher A,Stern M,Hurtig H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of the present study was to evaluate the effects of bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) on olfaction in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:15 patients suffering from sporadic PD-related dysosmia were implanted with bilateral electrodes aimed at the ST...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Guo X,Gao G,Wang X,Li L,Li W,Liang Q,Zhang H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, a variety of potential mechanical or functional complications ranging from perioperative events to hardware malfunction may occur. We present 2 patients who developed a unique complication of cyst formation at the tip of the DBS electrode in the absence of infection. One...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Ramirez-Zamora A,Levine D,Sommer DB,Dalfino J,Novak P,Pilitsis JG

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Ki67 (also known as MIB) is a monoclonal antibody staining agent, which is routinely used as a marker of cellular proliferation. It is used to evaluate the proliferative potential of malignant tumors, since it is thought to stain only those cells undergoing active division. The paradoxical elevation of the Ki67 labeli...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Jennelle R,Gladson C,Palmer C,Guthrie B,Markert J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correct explanation of the term 'stereotaxy' is linguistically not self-evident because the Greek term stereon means not spatial but 'hard' or 'solid'. The aim of our study was to clarify the term stereotaxy historically and linguistically. We carried out our study by reviewing the neurosurgical and ancient Greek ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Grunert P Sr,Keiner D,Oertel J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate if laser Doppler perfusion monitoring (LDPM) can be used in order to differentiate between gray and white matter and to what extent microvascular perfusion can be recorded in the deep brain structures during stereotactic neurosurgery. An optical probe constructed to fit in the L...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Wårdell K,Blomstedt P,Richter J,Antonsson J,Eriksson O,Zsigmond P,Bergenheim AT,Hariz MI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been reported to be effective treatment for the failed back surgery syndrome in a number of retrospective case series. Its retrospectively reported results compare favorably with those of neurosurgical treatment alternatives, such as reoperation and ablative procedures. There has been...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： North RB,Kidd DH,Lee MS,Piantodosi S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is possible to judge the impact of scientific research by the number of citations a publication has received. We identified the most cited works in the field of stereotactic radiosurgery to study the evolution of this field from the perspective of publication. METHODS:A Web of Science search was performed...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kondziolka D

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Clinical experience with the use of pergolide is presented in 55 patients with Parkinson's disease. Fifty to 900 micrograms/day (mean 242.73, SD 217.51) of pergolide and 0.64-17.05 micrograms/kg/day (mean 4.58, SD 4.25) pergolide was given together with L-carbidopa to 29 males and 26 females for a period of up to 2 ye...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Amano K,Takakura K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among the neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, hallucination can result from the disease itself or medical treatment. Hallucination associated with subthalamic nucleus stimulation (STN-DBS) has been reported; however, it is still unclear whether PD patients with a history of halluc...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Yoshida F,Miyagi Y,Kishimoto J,Morioka T,Murakami N,Hashiguchi K,Samura K,Sakae N,Yamasaki R,Kawaguchi M,Sasaki T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple device is described to perform lateral orthogonal approaches using the Leksell stereotactic frame. This device is especially useful for simultaneous bilateral insertion of intracerebral electrodes without the need for attaching the stereotactic arc. It also allows for targeting of far lateral lesions that lie...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Rees Cosgrove G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to shed light on the first application of human functional stereotactic neurosurgery, whether it was in the realm of movement disorders, as has been claimed repeatedly, or in the realm of psychiatry, a review of the original scholarly literature was conducted. Tracking and scrutinising original publications b...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Rzesnitzek L,Hariz M,Krauss JK

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The neuropathological consequences of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GK) on hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) are unknown. OBJECTIVE:In a cohort of patients undergoing surgery for treatment-resistant epilepsy, we compared surgically resected HH tissue from patients without (group I; n = 19) and with (group II; n = 10)...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kerrigan JF,Parsons A,Rice SG,Simeone K,Shetter AG,Abla AA,Prenger E,Coons SW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is widely used to treat advanced Parkinson's disease, other movement and psychiatric disorders. DBS implantation requires application of a stereotactic frame throughout a lengthy procedure, making it uncomfortable and tiring. We designed a stereotactic cube to stage the operation...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Eljamel MS,Tulley M,Spillane K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electric stimulation applied to the posterior surface of the spinal cord (SCS) is an established treatment in certain chronic pain syndromes resistant to conventional therapeutic procedures. Despite the clinical value of SCS, the mechanisms behind the efficacy of the method are largely unknown. Several neurotransmitte...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Linderoth B,Stiller CO,Gunasekera L,O'Connor WT,Franck J,Gazelius B,Brodin E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computerized method of determining the focal point of electrical activity in the pallidum of parkinsonian patients was developed using on-line quantitative physiological data analysis. Thirty patients in a series of 70 were studied in depth. Neuronal activity was recorded from the pallidum using a semi-microelectrod...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lehman RM,Micheli-Tzanakou E,Medl A,Hamilton JL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified 35 patients who had undergone stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for their biochemically proven Cushing's disease in order to assess the efficacy of SRS with regard to control of hypercortisolism, improvement of clinical features and prevention of tumor progression, and subsequent incidence of hypopituitari...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Devin JK,Allen GS,Cmelak AJ,Duggan DM,Blevins LS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00