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

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：: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：:Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is a method which attempts to combine the radiobiological advantages offered by dose fractionation with a technique for focal delivery of radiation. At McGill University, fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is given with a linear accelerator-based dynamic stereotactic radiosur...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Olivier A,Sadikot AF,Villemure JG,Pokrupa R,Souhami L,Podgorsak EB,Hazel J

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：: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：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：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：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：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：BACKGROUND:Chronic stimulation of the thalamus is a surgical option in the management of intractable Holmes tremor. Patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) can encounter infection as a postoperative complication, necessitating explantation of the hardware. Some studies have reported on the technique and the resultin...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Razmkon A,Yousefi O,Vaidyanathan J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Technological advancements had a serious impact on the evolution of robotic systems in stereotactic neurosurgery over the last three decades and may turn robot-assisted stereotactic neurosurgery into a sophisticated alternative to purely mechanical guiding devices. OBJECTIVES:To compare robot-assisted ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Neudorfer C,Hunsche S,Hellmich M,El Majdoub F,Maarouf M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author has performed 108 stereotactic thalamotomies using MRI (MGSTs) without ventriculography in 77 cerebral palsy (CP) patients with dyskinesia(s) from January 1992 to January 1997. The clinical results were verified in terms of improvement of major preoperative symptom and patient's (or relative's) satisfaction...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lee KH

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：:The authors present a series of 47 patients with craniopharyngiomas treated by stereotaxy in the past 15 years. There was no mortality nor immediate postoperative morbidity in the treatment of the cystic portion of the neoplasm. Intracavitary colloidal yttrium (90Y) was extremely effective in obtaining long-lasting di...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Frank F,Fabrizi AP,Frank G,Fioravanti A

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate dose conformity and mean target dose in light of previous comparative studies and state-of-the-art radiosurgery delivery modalities. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seven patients with acoustic neuromas deemed clinically suitable for linear accelerator or Gamma Knife radiosurgery were planned such that the m...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Perks JR,El-Hamri K,Blackburn TP,Plowman PN

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：OBJECT:To determine the feasibility of utilizing a Gamma Knife stereotactic boost for patients at high risk of local recurrence from minor salivary gland tumors invading the base of skull. METHODS:Eight patients with minor salivary gland tumors invading the base of skull were treated with primary neutron radiotherapy ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Douglas JG,Silbergeld DL,Laramore GE

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：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：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：:Great advances in imaging technology allows the surgeon to visualize the entire brain surface during surgery. However, the cerebral convolutions are extremely complex, so that it is often difficult to define the central area precisely. Using the curvilinear reconstruction technique (Gyroview) and MRI, we have analyzed...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lee U,Bastos AC,Alonso-Vanegas MA,Morris R,Olivier A

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Postoperative cerebral edema around a deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode is an uncommon reported complication. The goal of this study was to identify instances of postoperative edema based on clinical presentation, and to remark on their management. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performe...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Fenoy AJ,Villarreal SJ,Schiess MC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebellum seems to be one of the structures responsible for early neurological improvement after cerebral hemispherectomy and its consequent deficits. Considered as an accessory brain, the cerebellum may constitute a neurobiological substrate for the recovery of such extensive cortical and subcortical lesions. It...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Marino R Jr,Machado AG,Timo-Iaria C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to identify optimal paradigms of bilateral globus pallidus internus (GPi) stimulation in 3 subsequent patients with severe cervical dystonia. At low frequency stimulation (50-60 Hz) with wide pulse width (500 micros) and high amplitude (4.5-8.0 V), we observed immediate and consistent improvement of dystonia...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Goto S,Mita S,Ushio Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small pellets loaded with apomorphine, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, and bromocriptine were implanted into the right striatum of 6-hydroxydopamine-treated rotation rats, and the efficacy of this drug delivery system was examined. Pellets containing neuromodifying agents, when implanted into the brain, may be just as ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Yoshida M,Torigoe R,Ohtsuru K,Kuramoto S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00