DREZ coagulations for deafferentation pain related to spinal and peripheral nerve lesions: indication and results of 79 consecutive procedures.

abstract：:We have analyzed a series of 225 patients with intracranial metastases (343 lesions), treated in our department by Gamma Knife radiosurgery over a 30-month period. We have used a modified Pittsburgh protocol and performed 242 procedures on 164 single/78 multiple lesions. Primary tumors were mostly carcinomas of the lu...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Gerosa M,Nicolato A,Severi F,Ferraresi P,Masotto B,Barone G,Foroni R,Piovan E,Pasoli A,Bricolo A

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：:At the 1989 meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in Maebashi, the authors presented the concept and design of a stereotactic neurosurgical robot. The first prototype has now been completed and has entered clinical testing. The characteristics are as follows. The robot is positioned...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Fankhauser H,Glauser D,Flury P,Piguet Y,Epitaux M,Favre J,Meuli RA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stiff limb syndrome (SLS) is a rare chronic condition which can result in significant debility. We report the case of a 44-year-old man suffering from severe painful spasms in his right leg with a diagnosis of SLS. He had been initially treated for his pain with a spinal cord stimulator but presented with exacerbation...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Ughratdar I,Sivakumar G,Basu S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no clear consensus regarding the optimal location for placing deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes within the subthalamic nucleus (STN) target region in Parkinson's disease. In cases of poor symptom control or adverse effects following lead placement, leads presumed to be inadequately positioned may be cor...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Richardson RM,Ostrem JL,Starr PA

更新日期：2009-01-01 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:Writer's cramp is a specific movement disorder with hand muscle cramps in writing, being classified into focal and action-specific dystonia. Stereotactic surgery, such as thalamotomy and deep brain stimulation (DBS), has been reported for writer's cramp; however, the number of reported cases is still scarce ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Asahi T,Koh M,Kashiwazaki D,Kuroda S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resection of epileptogenic lesions and pathological studies were performed in all 35 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, 20 male and 15 female. Their ages ranged from 6 to 48 years with an average of 22 years. Various examinations including CT scan were carried out without any positive finding. EEG showed spike form...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Liu Z,Tian Z,Kang G,Cheng L,Li S,Chen X,Fin H,Zui S

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Fourteen patients with recurrent epipharyngeal carcinoma (EPC) were treated by gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery. The tumor volume ranged from 0.3 to 80 ml (median 18.9 ml). Treatment was done with a tumor margin dose of 10-27 Gy (median 15 Gy). The median follow-up period was 15 months (range 2-47 months). Ten pa...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Oda K,Mori Y,Kobayashi T,Kida Y,Yokoi H,Shibamoto Y,Yoshida J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of 57 patients operated for intractable epilepsy of the central region, 8 harbored an indolent glioma (7 dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors, 1 ganglioglioma). Mapping of the sensorimotor area with depth electrodes implanted for stereoelectroencephalographic exploration demonstrated no or abnormal motor respon...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Devaux B,Chassoux F,Landré E,Turak B,Daumas-Duport C,Chagot D,Gagnepain JP,Chodkiewicz JP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) has recently been suggested for treatment of medication-unresponsive gait and axial symptoms in Parkinson's disease. Patients with the rare primary progressive freezing gait disorder (PPFG) have similar disabling symptoms and few therapeutic options...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Ostrem JL,Christine CW,Glass GA,Schrock LE,Starr PA

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:With the recent approval of reimbursement for positron emission tomography (PET), it has become important to clarify the utility of this diagnostic study. We evaluated the utility of PET to distinguish radiation necrosis from recurrent tumor in a retrospective review of patients with primary glial neoplasms. Fifteen p...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Thompson TP,Lunsford LD,Kondziolka D

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Our study aimed to evaluate the efficiency and morbidity of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKS) in the treatment of hemorrhagic brainstem cavernous malformations (CMs). METHODS:We included in this study all patients who underwent GKS for the treatment of a hemorrhagic brainstem CM(s) in our institution betw...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Aboukais R,Estrade L,Devos P,Blond S,Lejeune JP,Reyns N

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:We describe the Zamorano-Dujovny localizing unit which consists of a ring-shaped headholder held on the patient's head by three or four variably placed fixation pins, thereby avoiding interference with the flap sites or craniotomy. The base ring is mounted intraoperatively on a special adapter that allows any patient ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Zamorano L,Kadi M,Jiang Z,Diaz F

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:There are reports that microelectrode recording (MER) can be performed under certain anesthetized conditions for functional confirmation of the optimal deep brain stimulation (DBS) target. However, it is generally accepted that anesthesia affects MER. Due to a potential role of local field potentials (L...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Malekmohammadi M,Sparks H,AuYong N,Hudson A,Pouratian N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic pituitary surgery is a minimally invasive method which allows simple transnasal transphenoidal surgical access without retractors, and has been used by our team in 536 patients from 1993 to 1999. In 326 of these patients, computer-aided image-guided techniques (CAN) were used in conjunction with endoscopy. ...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Pillay PK,Leo CW,Sethi DS

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：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：BACKGROUND:To date, no consensus has been reached regarding validated and practical tools to quantify the severity of hemifacial spasm (HFS) before and after surgery. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study has been to establish objective parameters for determining the preoperative severity of HFS and to assess the correlatio...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lee JA,Jo KW,Kong DS,Park K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Leksell Gamma Unit was commissioned and a Lars Leksell Center for Radiosurgery was established at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in March 1989. At that time a formal quality assurance program designed for the Leksell Gamma Unit was put into effect. This paper will review the components of suggeste...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Berk HW,Agarwal SK

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gamma Knife is currently the only radiosurgical device which has been used in functional neurosurgery. This mode of utilization is possible because the instrument can make lesions in normal brains with a volume as small as 50 mm3. The experience of functional radiosurgery accumulated at the Karolinska Institute ov...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： Lindquist C,Kihlström L,Hellstrand E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Stereotactic postoperative imaging is essential for verification of the position of electrodes implanted for deep brain stimulation (DBS). MRI offers superior visualisation of the DBS targets relative to CT, but previous adverse incidents have heightened concerns about risks of postoperative MRI. Preope...

journal_title：Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

authors： O'Gorman RL,Jarosz JM,Samuel M,Clough C,Selway RP,Ashkan K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00