Thalamotomy and caudatotomy with the Gamma Knife as a treatment for parkinsonism with a comment on lesion sizes.

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the efficacy of brachytherapy in the treatment of 138 patients with intracranial neoplasms of the CNS. Of the total number of patients, 50 presented with glioblastoma multiforme, 45 presented with low-grade glioma, 19 presented with anaplastic astrocytoma, 23 presented with metastases an...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Teixeira MJ,Lepski G,Correia C,Aguiar PH

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Although technological advances have reduced device-related complications, DBS surgery still carries a significant risk of transient and permanent complications. We report our experience in 86 patients and 149 DBS implants. Patients with Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia were treated. There were 8 per...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Beric A,Kelly PJ,Rezai A,Sterio D,Mogilner A,Zonenshayn M,Kopell B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The intersection of Bejjani's line with the well-delineated medial subthalamic nucleus (STN) border on MRI has recently been proposed as an individualized reference in subthalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson's disease (PD). We, therefore, aimed to investigate the applicability across...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Bolier E,Bot M,van den Munckhof P,Pal G,Sani S,Verhagen Metman L

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several subcortical structures have been targeted for surgical treatment of dystonia, including motor thalamus, internal segment of globus pallidus (GPi), and more recently, the subthalamic nucleus (STN). Deep brain stimulation of GPi is currently the preferred surgical treatment, but it is unclear if target...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Novak KE,Nenonene EK,Bernstein LP,Vergenz S,Cozzens JW,Rezak M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report on a patient with intractable 'primary' generalized seizures and typical spike-wave EEG patterns, in whom an unexpected temporal lobe astrocytoma was detected by MRI studies. Clinical and electrophysiological studies were performed before and after surgical excision of the tumor and apical temporal lo...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Velasco M,Velasco F,Boleaga B,Ondarza R,Velasco AL

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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: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：:Computed tomographic (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), MR angiographic and angiographic images, obtained after complete nidus obliteration had been angiographically confirmed, were reviewed in 9 patients who had undergone Gamma Knife treatment for cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). The period between angiograph...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Yamamoto M,Jimbo M,Ide M,Lindquist C,Steiner L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twiddler's syndrome describes the intentional external manipulation or spontaneous rotation of implanted devices such as cardiac pacemakers. Here we report the same phenomenon occurring in a patient with an implanted deep brain stimulator generator. The clinical syndrome is described and potential technical nuances to...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Israel Z,Spivak A

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: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：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：: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：:Current neuronavigational systems face two primary challenges: (1) automatic and robust registration between preoperative images and the operating room space, and (2) compensation for brain deformations that compromise the accuracy of the initial registration. To contend with these difficulties, we firstly estimate th...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Sun H,Farid H,Roberts DW,Rick K,Hartov A,Paulsen KD

更新日期：2003-01-01 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 first Gamma Knife was installed in Stockholm in 1968 after nearly two decades of development. Following the opening of the Gamma Knife facility in Pittsburgh in 1987, radiosurgery has seen an explosive expansion. Along with this expansion there has been a development of alternative technologies, of which the most ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Leksell DG

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a system for surgical navigation using stereo overlays in the operating microscope aligned to the operative scene. This augmented reality system provides 3D information about nearby structures and offers a significant advancement over pointer-based guidance, which provides only the location of one point and...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： King AP,Edwards PJ,Maurer CR Jr,de Cunha DA,Hawkes DJ,Hill DL,Gaston RP,Fenlon MR,Strong AJ,Chandler CL,Richards A,Gleeson MJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery under local anesthesia with the Leksell Gamma Knife can effectively treat some patients with recurrent tic douloureux after unsuccessful medical/surgical procedures. Seven of 12 patients have shown complete relief or improvement of their trigeminal neuralgia. No complications have been observ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Rand RW,Jacques DB,Melbye RW,Copcutt BG,Levenick MN,Fisher MR

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：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：: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：:We reviewed the initial experience with 331 consecutive patients treated during the first 2 years of operation of the University of Pittsburgh Gamma Unit. Among 178 patients with vascular malformations, 161 had angiographically demonstrable arteriovenous malformations, and 17 had angiographically occult malformations....

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Coffey RJ,Lunsford LD,Bissonette D,Flickinger JC

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：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：:Stereotactic subcaudate capsulotomy (SC) is used to treat medically intractable obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD). Although clinical improvement has been observed, post-SC structural correlates are lacking in this biological disorder. Our study provides imaging evidence for local and distant alterations in structur...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Taren JA,Curtis GC,Gebarski SS

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Chinese stereotactic and functional neurosurgery started in 1963. Dr. Jian-Ping Xu did stereotactic surgery for Parkinson's disease with a small Cartesian coordinate stereotactic device which he designed. In 1983, the first Chinese Institute of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery was established by Dr. Jian-Ping ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Sun B,Lang LQ,Cong PY,Liu KY,Pan L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00