Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 10

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Reparative Strategies in the Brain: Treatment Strategies Based on Trophic Factors and Cell Transfer Techniques
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   Chapter 2 Neurotransplantation: a Clinical Update
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   Chapter 3 Computer Assisted CT-Guided Stereotactic Transplantation of Foetal Ventral Mesencephalon to the Caudate Nucleus and Putamen in Parkinson’s Disease
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   Chapter 4 Regeneration of Adult Dorsal Root Axons into Transplants of Dorsal or Ventral Half of Foetal Spinal Cord
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   Chapter 5 Electrophysiological Responses in Foetal Spinal Cord Transplants Evoked by Regenerated Dorsal Root Axons
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   Chapter 6 Present-Day Indications for Capsulotomy
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   Chapter 7 Dorsomedial Thalamotomy as a Treatment for Terminal Anorexia: a Report of Two Cases
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   Chapter 8 Chronic VIM Thalamic Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor and Extra-Pyramidal Dyskinesias
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    Chapter 9 Tremor Reduction by Microinjection of Lidocaine During Stereotactic Surgery
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    Chapter 10 External and Implanted Pumps for Apomorphine Infusion in Parkinsonism
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    Chapter 11 Clinical Evaluation of Computed Tomography-Guided versus Ventriculography-Guided Thalamotomy for Movement Disorders
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    Chapter 12 Stereotactic Localization Using Fast Spin-Echo Imaging in Functional Disorders
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    Chapter 13 Accuracy of Ventrolateral Thalamic Nucleus Localization Using Unreformatted CT Scans and the B-R-W System
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    Chapter 14 Functional Neurosurgery Using 3-D Computer Stereotactic Atlas
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    Chapter 15 Stereotactic Biopsy in Cerebral Lesions of AIDS
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    Chapter 16 Neuronavigator-Guided Cerebral Biopsy
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    Chapter 17 A Computer Controlled Stereotactic Arm: Virtual Reality in Neurosurgical Procedures
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    Chapter 18 Brachytherapy—Interstitial Implant Radiosurgery
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    Chapter 19 Impact of Stereotactic Interstitial Radiation on Brain Capillary Physiology
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    Chapter 20 Linac-Accelerator-Radiosurgery
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    Chapter 21 Radiosurgery for Vascular Malformations of the Brain Stem
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    Chapter 22 Stereotactic Radiotherapy plus Radiosurgical Boost in the Treatment of Large Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
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    Chapter 23 Radiosurgery of Cavernous Sinus Tumors
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    Chapter 24 Gamma Knife Surgery in Acoustic Tumours
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    Chapter 25 Interstitial Irradiation of Cerebral Gliomas with Stereotactically Implanted Iodine-125 Seeds
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    Chapter 26 Interstitial Implant Radiosurgery for Cerebral Metastases
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    Chapter 27 Comparison Between Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Fractionated Radiation for the Treatment of Brain Metastases
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    Chapter 28 Interstitial Irradiation for Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Malignant Gliomas: Preliminary Results
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    Chapter 29 The Pathophysiology of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain—Abnormal Peripheral Input and Abnormal Central Processing
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    Chapter 30 Painful Nerve Injuries: Bridging the Gap Between Basic Neuroscience and Neurosurgical Treatment
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    Chapter 31 What Can the Neurosurgeon Offer in Peripheral Neuropathic Pain?
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    Chapter 32 The Possible Role of the Cerebral Cortex Adjacent to the Central Sulcus for the Genesis of Central (Thalamic) Pain—a Metabolic Study
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    Chapter 33 Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain
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    Chapter 34 Motor Cortex Stimulation as Treatment of Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain
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    Chapter 35 Long-Term Results of Stimulation of the Septal Area for Relief of Neurogenic Pain
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    Chapter 36 An Animal Model for the Study of Brain Transmittor Release in Response to Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Awake, Freely Moving Rat: Preliminary Results from the Periaqueductal Grey Matter
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    Chapter 37 Preliminary Results of a Randomized Study on the Clinical Efficacy of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Refractory Severe Angina Pectoris
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    Chapter 38 Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Prognostic Factors
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    Chapter 39 Microsurgical Vascular Decompression (MVD) in Trigeminal and Glosso-Vago-Pharyngeal Neuralgias. A Twenty Year Experience
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    Chapter 40 Trigeminal Neuralgia: New Surgical Strategies
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    Chapter 41 Retrogasserian Glycerol Rhizotomy and its Selectivity in the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia
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    Chapter 42 Intracerebral Low Frequency Electrical Stimulation: a New Tool for the Definition of the “Epileptogenic Area”?
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    Chapter 43 Multimodal Imaging Integration and Stereotactic Intracerebral Electrode Insertion in the Investigation of Drug Resistant Epilepsy
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    Chapter 44 Sub-Occipital Approach for Implantation of Recording Multi-Electrodes over the Medial Surface of the Temporal Lobe
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    Chapter 45 Multiple Contact Foramen Ovale Electrode in the Presurgical Evaluation of Epileptic Patients for Selective Amygdala-Hippocampectomy
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    Chapter 46 Radiosurgery of Epilepsy
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    Chapter 47 Multiple Subpial Cortical Transections for the Control of Intractable Epilepsy in Exquisite Cortex
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    Chapter 48 Role of the Centromedian Thalamic Nucleus in the Genesis, Propagation and Arrest of Epileptic Activity. An Electrophysiological Study in Man