Variability in lesion location after microelectrode-guided pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease: Anatomical, physiological, and technical factors that determine lesion distribution

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 468-477

  Gross, Robert E ^a   Lombardi, Wendy J ^b   Hutchison, William D ^b   Narula, Soni ^b   Saint Cyr, Jean A ^b   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^b   Tasker, Ronald R ^b   Lang, Anthony E ^b   Lozano, Andres M ^b   Gross, Robert ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Globus pallidus; Outcome; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032965743     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.3.0468     Document Type: Article

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