Posttraumatic stress disorder: neurocircuitry and implications for potential deep brain stimulation.

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：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：: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：:Six patients with brain tumors within or near the primary motor cortex underwent preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and intraoperative cortical mapping, and the accuracy of those techniques for localization of the primary motor cortex and motor function beside the tumor were determined by compar...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Shinoura N,Yamada R,Kodama T,Suzuki Y,Takahashi M,Yagi K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:In subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead implantation, it is still controversial whether it is more appropriate to employ indirect or direct methods in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based tentative targeting and to select single- or multiple-track recording in electrophysiologic...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Koike Y,Shima F,Nakamizo A,Miyagi Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gamma knife surgery (GKS) is used at subnecrotic doses for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) treatment. Rat models of TLE have been used to probe the mechanisms underlying GKS. Previous GKS studies on rats have used the Leksell GammaPlan (LGP) treatment planning system to determine the irradiation time to achieve...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Marcelin B,Kjäll P,Johansson J,Lundin A,Nordström H,Eriksson M,Bernard C,Régis J

更新日期：2010-01-01 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 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：: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

abstract：:To evaluate the role of Gamma Knife radiosurgery as the first surgical therapy in the management of medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia, we reviewed outcomes on our first 23 patients who had radiosurgery as primary surgical therapy. These patients represented 19% of our overall series. Mean patient age was 66 ye...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kondziolka D,Lunsford LD,Flickinger JC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared bilateral globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) with bilateral GPi DBS plus ventralis oralis (Vo) thalamotomy to analyze the effect of the combined Vo thalamotomy. METHODS:Between March 2003 and December 2008, 10 patients underwent DBS and/or Vo thalamotomy for treatment of ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kim JP,Chang WS,Cho SR,Chang JW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soon after its development, CT imaging, which provided direct visualization of neural structures, was used for stereotactic guidance. There has been progressive expansion of stereotactic methodology for image guided surgical intervention through minimally invasive corridors. Today, the development of high resolution M...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Heilbrun MP

更新日期：2001-01-01 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

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

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：: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：: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：: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：:Background: Stimulation parameters are crucial for the efficacy and safety of motor cortex stimulation (MCS). Motor threshold (MT) can be defined as the lowest voltage that produces motor contraction. The final stimulation parameters are always a smaller percentage of MT in order to avoid seizures. We determined how p...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Chang S,Ranjan M,Slotty PJ,Honey CR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few multiple case studies of the effects of deep brain stimulation for camptocormia associated with Parkinson's disease have been reported. Although deep brain stimulation was in some cases not effective against camptocormia, it is unclear in which types of patients it was effective in treating camptocormia....

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Asahi T,Taguchi Y,Hayashi N,Hamada H,Dougu N,Takashima S,Tanaka K,Endo S

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) were monitored intraoperatively in 15 patients who underwent spinal cord radiofrequency thermal dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesion procedures to treat chronic deafferentation pain. We found a significant correlation between transient latency shifts (recovery to prelesion values ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lunsford LD,Bennett MH

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：: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：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：:Cognitive and emotional outcomes were assessed after unilateral posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP) and ventral intermediate nucleus thalamotomy (Vim-Th) in patients suffering from idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). PVP was performed on 12 PD patients (8 men and 4 women, mean age 56.4 years, 6 left lesions and 6 right ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Fukuda M,Kameyama S,Yoshino M,Tanaka R,Narabayashi H

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：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：: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