Thalamic lesions produced by gamma thalamotomy for movement disorders

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2002, Pages 600-606

  Ohye, Chihiro ^a   Shibazaki, Tohru ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Andou, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a Hidaka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Movement disorder; Radiosurgery; Thalamic lesion; Thalamotomy; Tremor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0036895795     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.supplement_5.0600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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