Gamma knife thalamotomy for movement disorders: Evaluation of the thalamic lesion and clinical results

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 234-240

  Ohye, Chihiro ^a   Shibazaki, Tohru ^b   Sato, Sumito ^b  

^a Hidaka Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Thalamic lesion; Thalamus; Tremor; Ventralis intermedius nucleus

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RIGIDITY; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREMOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; THALAMUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARKINSON DISEASE; RADIOSURGERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 13744257745     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.s_supplement.0234     Document Type: Article

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