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abstract：:At the KUL University of Leuven a workstation for the planning of neurosurgical stereotactic procedures has been developed. Its benefits are illustrated in three exemplary cases. The CT and/or MR images, acquired under stereotactic conditions, are transmitted via a PACS network (picture archiving and communication sys...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Nuttin B,Knauth M,Gybels J,Verbeeck R,Vandermeulen D,Michiels J,Suetens P,Marchal G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic bilateral electrode implantation in the medial portion of the posterior hypothalamus was performed on a 22-year-old male with drug-resistant aggressiveness. To localize the targets during implantation, microrecording was performed, and the clinical and electroencephalographic responses to intraoperative s...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Hernando V,Pastor J,Pedrosa M,Peña E,Sola RG

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We prospectively investigated the efficacy of corticosteroid medication in salvaging acute hearing deterioration after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma (VS) and analyzed prognostic factors for hearing preservation. METHODS:Forty-one patients with serviceable hearing treated with gamma knife radiosurge...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kim JW,Kim DG,Paek SH,Chung HT,Kim YH,Han JH,Park CK,Jung HW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today's image guidance systems are the foundation of minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy and are the basis for the rational design of the neurosurgical operating room of the future. The building blocks of this procedural arena will be (1) high-resolution MR/CT anatomic imaging supplemented with (2) functional ima...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Heilbrun P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesioning is still used as a choice of treatment for some painful conditions as well as spasticity in selected patients. The most commonly used techniques to perform DREZotomy are the microsurgical one and DREZ radiofrequency (RF) coagulation. The technical difficulties using punctures to...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Monaco BA,Lopes AJM,Teixeira MJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：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：:Ablation of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) and thalamotomy have been extensively used in the past. Posteroventral GPi deep brain stimulation has been considered as a treatment for dystonia. However, to date, there is no report in the literature of any dystonia patient who underwent GPi deep brain stimulation who h...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kim JP,Chang WS,Park YS,Chang JW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze the feasibility and utility of 3D imaging to help lead positioning during a deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure. A bilateral subthalamic DBS procedure was conducted in 2 patients for idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Subthalamic nucleus targeting was based on preoperative ster...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Caire F,Gantois C,Torny F,Ranoux D,Maubon A,Moreau JJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:To estimate the efficacy of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKR) especially as a primary surgical treatment for hypersecreting pituitary adenomas. METHODS:274 patients were treated with GKR. The mean tumor volume was 1.86 cm(3). The mean peripheral dose was 28.7 Gy. RESULTS:223 patients were followed up for an avera...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Zhang N,Pan L,Dai J,Wang B,Wang E,Zhang W,Cai P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Balloon compression of the gasserian ganglion has been a well-established percutaneous treatment of trigeminal neuralgia since the 1980s. However, puncture of the foramen ovale by conventional single-plane fluoroscopy can be difficult in cases of local anatomic abnormalities. CASE PRESENTATION:We present th...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Mendes PD,Martins da Cunha PH,Monteiro KKO,Quites LV,Fonseca Filho GA

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is mostly caused by vascular compression of the nerve's root entry zone due to an ectatic artery. Rarer causes include compression from tumors, vascular malformations or multiple sclerosis plaques. Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) are benign, aberrantly appearing venous struc...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Harrison G,Lunsford LD,Monaco Iii EA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have developed an overlaid three-dimensional image (Volumegraph)-guided navigation system that allows navigation during operative procedures. The three-dimensional image is superimposed on the patient's head and body via a semi-transparent mirror. The Volumegraph can display three-dimensional images in the...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Iseki H,Masutani Y,Iwahara M,Tanikawa T,Muragaki Y,Taira T,Dohi T,Takakura K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with recurrent epipharyngeal carcinoma (EPC) were treated by gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery. The tumor volume ranged from 0.3 to 80 ml (median 18.9 ml). Treatment was done with a tumor margin dose of 10-27 Gy (median 15 Gy). The median follow-up period was 15 months (range 2-47 months). Ten pa...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Oda K,Mori Y,Kobayashi T,Kida Y,Yokoi H,Shibamoto Y,Yoshida J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the radiobiological effect of Gamma Knife radiosurgery on brain tumors, we performed a histological study on nine cases. In two, the material was obtained at autopsy and in seven following surgery. In the central region of the radiation field, destructive changes occurred both in tumor cells and in vessel...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Hirato M,Hirato J,Zama A,Inoue H,Ohye C,Shibazaki T,Andou Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paresthesia-producing (PP), but not periventricular grey (PVG) deep brain stimulation (DBS) proved effective in steady neuropathic pain in 25 patients receiving both, regardless of the PP site stimulated, but PVG-DBS suppressed allodynia or hyperpathia in 3 cases of stroke-induced pain. In patients with stroke-induced...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Tasker RR,Vilela Filho O

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gamma Knife is currently the only radiosurgical device which has been used in functional neurosurgery. This mode of utilization is possible because the instrument can make lesions in normal brains with a volume as small as 50 mm3. The experience of functional radiosurgery accumulated at the Karolinska Institute ov...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lindquist C,Kihlström L,Hellstrand E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In well-designed multicenter studies, the protocol of continuing motor cortex stimulation (MCS) temporarily for 3-6 weeks was employed with rehabilitation therapy, and these studies showed some recovery of motor weakness in post-stroke patients. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to clarify the effects of long-term MCS an...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Yamamoto T,Katayama Y,Watanabe M,Sumi K,Obuchi T,Kobayashi K,Oshima H,Fukaya C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcome of 122 patients with pituitary adenomas treated by microsurgery and/or Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) was analyzed to evaluate patient selection criteria and the role of GKRS. Sixty-six resections were performed in 59 patients. All tumors were macroadenomas, except for 5 ACTH-producing adenomas. ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Inoue HK,Kohga H,Hirato M,Sasaki T,Ishihara J,Shibazaki T,Ohye C,Andou Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The learned helplessness paradigm was used to test the notion that lesions of a theatrical depression system in the rat will produce antidepression similar to antidepressive medication. Lateral brain stem lesions were effective in producing antidepression and unilateral lesions were as effective as bilateral lesions. ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Richardson DE,Dempsey CW,Song JH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Neuronavigation devices have progressed over the past 2 decades, but logistical limitations remain for many stereotactic procedures. We describe our technique and accuracy for a novel miniature optical tracking system which overcomes these limitations. METHOD:The minioptical tracking system us...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： von Jako CR,Perlaki G,Orsi G,Schwarcz A,Dóczi T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no clear consensus regarding the optimal location for placing deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes within the subthalamic nucleus (STN) target region in Parkinson's disease. In cases of poor symptom control or adverse effects following lead placement, leads presumed to be inadequately positioned may be cor...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Richardson RM,Ostrem JL,Starr PA

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Parkinson's disease (PD) is an idiopathic progressive neurological disorder. Improvement in motor function of PD patients has been established with subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS). While variations in DBS settings (i.e. amplitude, frequency and pulse width) on motor function have ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Schoenberg MR,Mash KM,Bharucha KJ,Francel PC,Scott JG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a part of the systematic analysis of parameters involved in electrical epidural spinal cord stimulation therapy, distribution of paresthesiae in accordance with the position of contacts, as related to midline and vertebral level of contacts, was investigated. A preliminary analysis performed for 266 combinations ha...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Tulgar M,He J,Barolat G,Ketcik B,Struijk H,Holsheimer J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Applications in clinical medicine can benefit from fusion of spectroscopy data with anatomical imagery. For example, new 3-dimensional (3D) spectroscopy techniques allow for improved correlation of metabolite profiles with specific regions of interest in anatomical tumor images, which can be useful in charac...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kanberoglu B,Moore NZ,Frakes D,Karam LJ,Debbins JP,Preul MC

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：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:The primary goal of stereotactic systems in deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery is accurate delivery of a DBS lead to a target identified on imaging. Thus, it is critical to understand the accuracy of the stereotactic systems and the factors which may be associated with a decrease in accuracy. METHODS:Ni...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kelman C,Ramakrishnan V,Davies A,Holloway K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00