Management of a hemidystonic patient with thalamotomy, campotomy and cervical dorsal root entry zone operation

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 180-183

  Kahilogullari, Gokmen ^a   Ugur, Hasan Caglar ^a   Savas, Ali ^a   Dirik, Ebru Bilge ^a   Akbostanci, M Cenk ^a   Elibol, Bulent ^b   Kanpolat, Yucel ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Campotomy; Dorsal root entry zone operation; Dystonia; Pallidotomy; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL DORSAL ROOT ENTRY ZONE OPERATION; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CASE MANAGEMENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 29144479263     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089989     Document Type: Article

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