Tremor and skeletal muscle tone.

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：OBJECTIVE:Since a simple, rapid and accurate stereotactic system allowing CT monitoring would offer the neurosurgeon several advantages, the feasibility and application accuracy of frameless laser-guided freehand point stereotaxis for neurosurgical interventions was studied. METHODS:A Cartesian coordinate grid mounted...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Hussman KL,Chaloupka JC,Berger SB,Chon KS,Broderick M

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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 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：: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：BACKGROUND:A patient controller (PC) is an optional device for patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) to have limited control of their stimulator system. OBJECTIVES:We investigated the impact of a PC on DBS safety, most notably the handling/prevention of unexpected DBS failure in patients with Parkinson's disease ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Allert N,Mehnert C,Lehrke R,Maarouf M,Sturm V

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adjustment of the motor circuitry has been described in the treatment of Parkinson disease (PD). OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the modulation of the motor circuitry of PD patients by subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and positron emission tomography (PET). METHODS:Res...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Cao C,Zhang H,Li D,Zhan S,Zhang J,Zhang X,Zuo C,Sun B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image-directed neurosurgical systems allow the correlation of a point in the operative field to a corresponding point on the patient's CT/MR scans. We have modified a surgical microscope by mounting three light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a small frame attached to the microscope. The operative field was registered to th...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Hirschberg H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A therapeutic radiosurgery procedure usually follows a separate diagnostic stereotactic procedure after days or weeks. OBJECTIVES:To define the clinical reliability, safety, and cost implications of same-day diagnostic stereotactic biopsy and therapeutic radiosurgery. METHODS:During an 8-year interval, 26 ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Park KJ,Niranjan A,Kondziolka D,Kano H,Castillo P,Matchett JC,Flickinger JC,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Brain metastasis (BM) is the most common brain malignancy and a common cause of death in cancer patients. However, the relative outcome-related advantages and disadvantages of surgical resection (SR) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the initial treatment of BM are controversial. METHOD:We systematical...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Liu Z,He S,Li L

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：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：:Six cases of acoustic neurinomas with macrocystic components are presented. In three cases the cystic portion was within the tumor, while in the other three, the cyst was peritumoral, in the form of a cul-de-sac within the arachnoid, in other words it was not a true tumor cyst. The six tumors are from a series of 74 a...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Pendl G,Ganz JC,Kitz K,Eustacchio S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In nonresectable glioblastoma (GBM), stereotactic biopsies are performed to retrieve tissue for diagnostic purposes. The analysis of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation adds prognostic and predictive information. OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to detect confounding factor...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Weise LM,Harter PN,Eibach S,Braczynski AK,Dunst M,Rieger J,Bähr O,Hattingen E,Steinbach JP,Plate KH,Seifert V,Mittelbronn M

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Transient postoperative confusion (POC) occurs in 5-25% of patients following bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation. We retrospectively reviewed data on 96 patients who underwent bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. Nine percent of patients developed POC. There was no signi...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Pilitsis JG,Rezai AR,Boulis NM,Henderson JM,Busch RM,Kubu CS

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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 rostral areas of the brainstem have been extensively studied in higher mammals and to a lesser extent in humans in the last two decades, looking for anatomical, electrophysiological and neurochemical evidence of involvement in the initiation and control of voluntary movement. This has come with the realisation tha...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Nandi D,Stein JF,Aziz TZ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) implantation under general anesthesia (GA) is of great importance for patients with disabling off-medication symptoms or medical comorbidities. However, the relative advantages/disadvantages of routine local anesthesia (LA) surgery versus GA regarding clinical outcomes are contro...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Liu Z,He S,Li L

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：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：: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: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：: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：: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：:Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of basal ganglia functional lesions illustrates the accuracy of preoperative target localization. The technique of perioperative MRI and CT localization for pallidotomy will be discussed and correlated with the center of the lesion on postoperative standard MRI as well as...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lehman RM,Mezrich R,Sage J,Goldbe L

更新日期：1994-01-01 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