Ventralis intermedius thalamotomy can succeed when ventralis intermedius thalamic stimulation fails: Report of 2 cases for tremor

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-56

  Giller, Cole A ^a   Dewey Jr , Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Thalamotomy; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECORDING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; TREMOR;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0036967370     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069504     Document Type: Article

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