Sarah T Garber,Randy L Jensen
Sarah T Garber
The primary goal in removing a metastatic brain tumor is to maximize surgical resection while minimizing the risk of neurological injury. Intraoperative image guidance is frequently used in the resection of both primary and metastatic brain...
Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for large arteriovenous malformations [0.03%]
大血管畸形的低分割立体定向放射治疗
Huan-Chih Wang,Rachel J Chang,Furen Xiao
Huan-Chih Wang
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormal connections between the arteries and veins, with possible serious consequences of intracranial hemorrhage. The curative treatment for AVMs includes microsurgery and radiosurgery, some...
Ludvic Zrinzo
Ludvic Zrinzo
Precision is the ultimate aim of stereotactic technique. Demands on stereotactic precision reach a pinnacle in stereotactic functional neurosurgery. Pitfalls are best avoided by possessing in-depth knowledge of the techniques employed and t...
Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: A review of the peripheral mechanisms [0.03%]
迷走神经刺激治疗癫痫的外周机制研究进展
Scott E Krahl
Scott E Krahl
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a unique epilepsy treatment in that a peripheral intervention is used to treat a disease that is entirely related to pathological events occurring within the brain. To understand how stimulation of the vagus...
Jean-Philippe Langevin
Jean-Philippe Langevin
The amygdala was a popular target during the era of psychosurgery, specifically for the treatment of intractable aggression. This mesiotemporal structure was thought to primarily mediate fear and anger. However, recent evidence suggests tha...
Sam Eljamel
Sam Eljamel
Background: Behavioral surgery (BS) is resurging because of unmet clinical need, advances in basic sciences, neuroimaging, neurostimulation, and stereotaxy. However, there is a danger that BS will fall unless acceptable s...
Trends and importance of radiosurgery for the development of functional neurosurgery [0.03%]
放射外科手术的发展趋势及其在功能神经外科中的重要性
Douglas Kondziolka,John C Flickinger,Ajay Niranjan et al.
Douglas Kondziolka et al.
Functional neurosurgery includes surgery conducted to ablate, augment, or modulate targets that lead to improvement in neurological function or behavior. Surgical approaches for this purpose include destructive lesioning with different mech...
Tejas Sankar,Travis S Tierney,Clement Hamani
Tejas Sankar
The success of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in treating medically refractory symptoms of some movement disorders has inspired further investigation into a wide variety of other treatment-resistant conditions. These range from disord...
Radiation mechanisms of pain control in classical trigeminal neuralgia [0.03%]
经典三叉神经痛的镇痛作用机制研究放射学症状及体征
Alessandra Gorgulho
Alessandra Gorgulho
Classical trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition that was clinically recognized centuries ago. Nevertheless, the pathological mechanism(s) involved in the development of classical trigeminal neuralgia is still largely based on the...
Leonardo Frighetto,Jorge Bizzi,Rafael D&#x;Agostini Annes et al.
Leonardo Frighetto et al.
Initially designed for the treatment of functional brain targets, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has achieved an important role in the management of a wide range of neurosurgical pathologies. The interest in the application of the techniqu...