Object Hemorrhagic complications carry by far the highest risk of devastating neurological
outcome in functional neurosurgery. Literature published over the past 10 years suggests …

During the last 15 years deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been established as a highly-
effective therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Patient selection, stereotactic …

Background Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN DBS) is an
increasingly common treatment for Parkinson's disease. Qualitative reviews have concluded …

The vast majority of centers use electrophysiological map** techniques to finalize target
selection during the implantation of deep brain stimulation (DBS) leads for the treatment of …

OBJECTIVE Stereotactic radiofrequency pallidotomy has demonstrated improvement in
motor fluctuations in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), particularly levodopa (L-dopa) …

MR‐guided focused ultrasound is a novel, minimally invasive surgical procedure for
symptomatic treatment of PD. With this technology, the ventral intermediate nucleus, STN …

OBJECTIVE: Although hemorrhage is a well-known complication of microelectrode-guided
deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, risk factors for the development of hemorrhage have …

Object. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been advocated as a more highly effective and
less morbidity-producing alternative to ablative stereotactic surgery in the treatment of …

Object. The goal of this study was to analyze the incidence of intracranial bleeding in
patients who underwent procedures guided by microelectrode recording (MER) rather than …

Numerous factors need to be taken into account when implanting deep brain stimulation
(DBS) systems into patients with Parkinson's disease. The surgical procedure itself can be …