Deep brain stimulation in children: Experience and technical pearls. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 566-574

  Air, Ellen L ^a   Ostrem, Jill L ^b   Sanger, Terence D ^c   Starr, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Deep brain stimulation; Dystonia; Functional neurosurgery; Globus pallidus; Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; LEVODOPA; TETRABENAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERALIZED DYSTONIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE ACYL COA DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSONISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83055172290     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.PEDS11153     Document Type: Article

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