The importance of accurate lesion placement in posteroventral pallidotomy. Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 630-634

  Eskandar, Emad N ^a   Cosgrove, G Rees ^a   Shinobu, Leslie A ^a   Penney Jr , John B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglion; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; Stereotaxis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031716341     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.4.0630     Document Type: Article

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