Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 7: Proceedings of the 7th Meeting of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Birmingham 1986

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Transformation Modes in Computerized Human Thalamic Brain Mapping....Pages 3-6
Stereotactic Computer Graphic System with Brain Maps....Pages 7-9
An Intraoperative Interactive Method to Monitor Stereotactic Functional Procedures....Pages 10-12
3-D Reconstruction of Cerebral Angiography in Stereotactic Neurosurgery....Pages 13-14
Angiographic Localizer Ring for the BRW Stereotactic System....Pages 15-17
Intraoperative CT Monitoring During Stereotactic Brain Surgery....Pages 18-20
Magnetic Resonance Planned Thalamotomy Followed by X-Ray/CT-guided Thalamotomy....Pages 21-24
MRI-directed Stereotactic Biopsy of Cerebral Lesions....Pages 25-27
The Spatial and Morphological Assessment of Cerebral Neuroectodermal Tumors Through Stereotactic Biopsy....Pages 28-33
Treatment of Cystic Astrocytomas with Intracavitary Phosphorus 32....Pages 34-37
New Technique for Three-Dimensional Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery....Pages 38-40
Surgical Treatment of Hypertensive Intracerebral Haematoma by CT-guided Stereotactic Surgery....Pages 41-44
Stereotactic Evacuation and Local Administration in Intracerebral Haematomas. A Comparative Study....Pages 45-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Stretch Reflexes and Parkinsonian Tremor....Pages 51-53
The Role of Feedback in the Tremor Frequency Activity of Tremor Cells in the Ventral Nuclear Group of Human Thalamus....Pages 54-56
Computer-assisted Analysis of Functional Anatomy of Human Ventrolateral Thalamus....Pages 57-60
Thalamotomy for Movement Disorders: a Critical Appraisal....Pages 61-65
Stereotaxis and Abnormal Movements....Pages 66-69
Thalamotomy for Tremor After a Vascular Brain Stem Lesion....Pages 70-72
Stereotactic Neurosurgery in the Treatment of Tremor....Pages 73-76
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Severity in Movement Disorders: a Quantitative Approach....Pages 77-79
EMG Investigations in Patients with Torticollis....Pages 80-84
The Foerster-Dandy Operation for the Treatment of Spasmodic Torticollis....Pages 85-87
Spasticity: from Pathophysiology to Therapy....Pages 91-95
Percutaneous Selective RF Neurotomy in Spasticity....Pages 96-98
Microsurgical Selective Posterior Rhizotomy in the Dorsal Root Entry Zone for Treatment of Limb Spasticity....Pages 99-102
Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Motor Performances in Hemiplegics: Clinical and Neurophysiological Study....Pages 103-105
High-Frequency Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation in Spasticity and Motor Disorders....Pages 106-111
Application of SCS for Movement Disorders and Spasticity....Pages 112-116
Computer-controlled 22-Channel Stimulator for Limb Movement....Pages 117-120
Intrathecal Application of Baclofen in the Treatment of Spasticity....Pages 121-123
Stimulation of the Dentate Nuclei for Spasticity....Pages 124-125
Cerebellar Stimulation for Cerebral Palsy—Double Blind Study....Pages 126-128
Motor and Psychological Responses to Deep Cerebellar Stimulation in Cerebral Palsy (Correlation with Organization of Cerebellum Into Zones)....Pages 129-131
The Treatment of Hemifacial Spasm with Percutaneous Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation of the Facial Nerve....Pages 132-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Long-Term Results of Percutaneous Gasserian Ganglion Lesions....Pages 139-141
Percutaneous Microcompression of the Gasserian Ganglion: Personal Experience....Pages 142-143
Electrical Stimulation of the Gasserian Ganglion for Facial Pain: Preliminary Results....Pages 144-146
Tractotomy and Partial Vertical Nucleotomy—for Treatment of Special Forms of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Cancer Pain of Face and Neck....Pages 147-150
Investigation of Trigeminal SEP with Scalp and Deep Electrodes....Pages 151-154
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesion versus Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Management of Pain from Brachial Plexus Avulsion....Pages 155-158
Radiosurgery of Central Pain....Pages 159-162
Continuous Intraventricular Morphine- or Peptide-Infusion for Intractable Cancer Pain....Pages 163-165
Hemodynamic Changes from Spinal Cord Stimulation for Vascular Pain....Pages 166-169
Short Latency Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials—Direct Recording from the Human Midbrain and Thalamus....Pages 170-173
Electrical Impedance Recording for Localization in Functional Neurosurgery of the Spinal Cord and Lower Brain Stem....Pages 174-176
Cryoanalgesia. Ultrastructural Study on Cryolytic Lesion of Sciatic Nerve in Rat and Rabbit....Pages 177-180
Shape-Factor Intensity Analyses of Brain Slices in Surgery for Epilepsy....Pages 181-185
Accessory to the Talairach’s Apparatus for Orthogonal Approaches. Technical Note....Pages 186-187