Microelectrode-guided pallidotomy: Technical approach and its application in medically intractable Parkinson's disease

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1027-1043

  Vitek, Jerrold L ^a   Bakay, Roy A E ^b   Hashimoto, Takao ^b   Kaneoke, Yoshiki ^b   Mewes, Klaus ^b   Zhang, Jian Yu ^b   Rye, David ^b   Starr, Philip ^b   Baron, Mark ^b   Turner, Robert ^b   DeLong, Mahlon R ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Globus pallidus; Microelectrode; Movement disorder; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; Surgical ablative therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OPTIC TRACT; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 18144433951     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.6.1027     Document Type: Article

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