Pathobiology of cerebral gliomas in children and the role of radiosurgery.

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：:The management of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) continues to present a challenge to neurosurgeons. The natural history of this condition, as well as the morbidity and mortality of therapeutic interventions, remains incompletely elucidated. Predictive factors and grading scales in AVM management allow ris...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Starke RM,Komotar RJ,Hwang BY,Fischer LE,Otten ML,Merkow MB,Garrett MC,Isaacson SR,Connolly ES Jr

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Interstitial hyperthermia of malignant brain tumors has been produced by a heated ferromagnetic implant with a low Curie point. Induction heating of the implant, which is stereotactically implanted in a tumor, is obtained by eddy currents in a high-frequency magnetic field. Safe, repeated and long-term treatment of 35...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Kobayashi T,Kida Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following 4 years of experience using a microcomputer-based system for the planning of stereotactic neurosurgery, we have now developed a workstation with the capability of displaying and analyzing three-dimensional images for this purpose. In addition to viewing volumetrically rendered three-dimensional computer tomo...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Peters TM,Henri C,Pike GB,Clark JA,Collins L,Olivier A

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：: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：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：:The hospital charges for all craniotomies and transsphenoidal procedures were gathered for a 4-year period from a single, non-profit hospital serving San Diego. Calif., USA. Of the individuals in this community 65% are covered by a variety of managed health care programs which have greatly discounted hospital receipts...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Ott K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reinstallation of the Sheffield Gamma Knife Unit was completed in early November, 1991, following the replacement of the cobalt sources. Two methods were used to evaluate the isodose configuration within the replenished unit. The first method used a scanning microdensitometer to interrogate films exposed within a sphe...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Walton L,Griffiths LM,Hampshire A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple device is described to perform lateral orthogonal approaches using the Leksell stereotactic frame. This device is especially useful for simultaneous bilateral insertion of intracerebral electrodes without the need for attaching the stereotactic arc. It also allows for targeting of far lateral lesions that lie...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Rees Cosgrove G

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：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：: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: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：: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：:Currently, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) facilitates a preoperative awareness of an association of an eloquent region with a tumor. This information gives the neurosurgeon helpful information that can aid in creating a surgical strategy. Typically, task-based fMRI has been employed to preoperatively loc...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Leuthardt EC,Allen M,Kamran M,Hawasli AH,Snyder AZ,Hacker CD,Mitchell TJ,Shimony JS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate if laser Doppler perfusion monitoring (LDPM) can be used in order to differentiate between gray and white matter and to what extent microvascular perfusion can be recorded in the deep brain structures during stereotactic neurosurgery. An optical probe constructed to fit in the L...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Wårdell K,Blomstedt P,Richter J,Antonsson J,Eriksson O,Zsigmond P,Bergenheim AT,Hariz MI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous transplantation of the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) into the caudate nuclei of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonian monkey was studied in regard to animal behavior and catecholamine (CA) metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid. Monkeys which had undergone autotransplantation of t...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Nakai M,Itakura T,Komai N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic operations have long been used to relieve agitation and muscle rigidity in Parkinson disease. Because of its high-density resolution, CT is quite effective to portray the location, size, shape and density of the thermocoagulative focus. The foci were classified into different types according to their chan...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Zhang G,Guo Q,Wu S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) using external beam radiation therapy (XRT) alone results in significant local recurrence. To improve local control, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was used to boost radiation to the primary tumor site following XRT in 23 patients with NPC. SRS was delivered u...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Chang SD,Tate DJ,Goffinet DR,Martin DP,Adler JR Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year follow-up study of neuroelectric implant integrity has been completed for 27 subjects who were treated for movement disorders associated with cerebral palsy. Data used for analysis included X-ray material, clinical data, and results from electrophysiological testing. Of the 21 subjects with subcutaneous rece...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Harris GF,Hemmy DC,Coad JE,Mothkur SR,Weber RC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computerized method of determining the focal point of electrical activity in the pallidum of parkinsonian patients was developed using on-line quantitative physiological data analysis. Thirty patients in a series of 70 were studied in depth. Neuronal activity was recorded from the pallidum using a semi-microelectrod...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lehman RM,Micheli-Tzanakou E,Medl A,Hamilton JL

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：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：:Corpus callosotomy is a viable treatment for patients with refractory generalized or multifocal epilepsy, particularly those who have drop attacks. Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive surgical option for various intracranial lesions. In this report, we present a 2-trajectory thermal ablat...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Ball T,Sharma M,White AC,Neimat JS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical experience with the use of pergolide is presented in 55 patients with Parkinson's disease. Fifty to 900 micrograms/day (mean 242.73, SD 217.51) of pergolide and 0.64-17.05 micrograms/kg/day (mean 4.58, SD 4.25) pergolide was given together with L-carbidopa to 29 males and 26 females for a period of up to 2 ye...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Amano K,Takakura K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional neurosurgery usually requires physiological corroboration of the target site, particularly by eliciting characteristic responses to stimulation, or else by microelectrode recording of single cell responses to appropriate stimuli. Understanding pain physiology with both strategies has proven elusive, particu...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Tasker RR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00