... that virtually everything done today in the field of DBS bears resemblance to old-time practices, or has been done before, albeit with partly other tools and techniques. Movement disorders remain the main indications for modern DBS as was the case for lesional surgery and old-era DBS. The novelties today consist...

... patients with mesiotemporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) refractory to medical management [ 1-4 ]. With recent advances in MRI thermal imaging, LITT is now capable of producing discrete lesions with high precision. As a result, the technique has been quickly incorporated into epilepsy practices across the USA...

... cingulotomy lesions (254 and 160 mm 3 , respectively). The coordinates of the center of the lesions in relation to the midcommissural point for the right and left, respectively, were: 7.1 and 7.9 mm lateral; 0.2 mm inferior and 1.4 mm superior, and 33.0 and 33.9 anterior, confirming correct subgenual...

... were compared regarding age; sex; presence of levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) and/or stimulation-induced dyskinesia (SID); side of the operation; territories of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) involved by the lesion, and degree of lesion extension towards the zona incerta (ZI). Results: The lesion...

...Susumu Nakatani Thalamic lesions failed to affect the biosynthesis and storage of monoamines on the lesion side of the striatum of normal monkeys and of monkeys with ventromedial tegmental lesions. Distribution of cholinesterase in histochemical coronal, horizontal and sagittal sections suggest...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pain Intractable pain Pulvinar Stereotactic operation Lesion Pulvinotomy Proc. 8th Meeting World Soc...

...Osvaldo Vilela Filho; Delson J. Silva; Herbert A.O. Souza; José E. S. Cavalcante; Joaquim T. Sousa; Fernando P. Ferraz; Luis G. Silva; Lucilene F. Santos This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of unilateral STN lesioning in 23 patients with PD. L -Dopa intake...

... of tissue that attains a given temperature is proportional to the diameter of the probe. The use of probe temperatures up to 90°C would enable an increase in the volume of the region of cell death, or the use of a smaller diameter probe to produce a lesion of a given size. 13 1 2000 © 2000 S...

...F.C. Vinas; L. Zamorano; M. Dujovny; J.Z. Zhao; D. Hodgkinson; K.L. Ho; J.I. Ausman For many years, radiofrequency-generated lesions have been used for the treatment of pain and abnormal movements. However, the reliability of this method has been questioned because of the variation in the size...

...Eric R. Cosman; William J. Rittman; Blaine S. Nashold; Thad T. Makachinas The method of radiofrequency heat lesion generation is reviewed with specific reference to the dorsal root entry zone. Experimental data on the impedance of electrolytic media as a function of temperature are reported...

...E.R. Cosman; B.S. Nashold; P. Bedenbaugh The physical principles of radiofrequency (RF) lesion making in stereotactic neurosurgery are summarized. Empirical data are given on the relationship between lesion size and lesioning parameters. Currently accepted ranges of lesioning parameters...