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DBS in psychiatry: ‘grossesse nerveuse’ or delivery by forceps? Hariz M. Newsletter of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Fall 2021; pp 9-10.

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COMMENTS: This paper is free to download and is recommended to read by anybody interested in the many similarities between obstetrics and psychiatric DBS.

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Carl Wilhelm Sem-Jacobsen: Aerospace Neurophysiology and Deep Brain Stimulation Pioneer. Dietrichs E. Neurology. 2021 Dec 3:10.1212/WNL.0000000000013149. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013149. Online ahead of print.

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SUMMARY: The Norwegian physician Carl Wilhelm Sem-Jacobsen (1912-1991) was a pioneer in deep brain stimulation and aerospace neurophysiology, During WW2 he collaborated with a renowned military underground resistance group against the Nazi occupants, then had to flee to neutral Sweden. …

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Oh, Georges! What Have They Done to Your Beautiful Name? Hariz M, Blomstedt P. Mov Disord. 2021 Oct;36(10):2441-2442.

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SUMMARY: Everybody says “Tourette” syndrome but the family name of the man is Gilles de la Tourette!!! Although we admit that his full name “Georges Albert Edouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette” is certainly too long and should be simplified, …

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Judith Balkányi-Lepintre (1912-1982): first woman neurosurgeon, first woman war neurosurgeon, and first woman pediatric neurosurgeon in France. Hariz M, Eröss L, Hariz GM, Eröss B, Cif L, Blomstedt P, Agid Y. J Neurosurg. 2021 Oct 29:1-5.

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SUMMARY: Judith Balkányi-Lepintre was the first woman neurosurgeon in France, the first woman war neurosurgeon for the French Army, and the first woman pediatric neurosurgeon in France. Born in 1912 to a Hungarian Jewish family, she graduated with honors from …

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Interstitial laser anterior capsulotomy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: lesion size and tractography correlate with outcome. Satzer D, Mahavadi A, Lacy M, Grant JE, Warnke P. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2021 Oct 29;jnnp-2021-327730.doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-327730. Online ahead of print.

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SUMMARY: 18 patients underwent LITT anterior capsulotomy. Median follow-up was 6 months. Time occupied by obsessions improved immediately. Mean (±SD) decrease in Y-BOCS score at last follow-up was 46%±32%. 61% of patients were responders. 7 patients (39%) exhibited transient postoperative …

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Laser Thermal Ventral Capsulotomy for Intractable Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. McLaughlin NCR, Lauro PM, Patrick MT, Pucci FG, Barrios-Anderson A, Greenberg BD, Rasmussen SA, Asaad WF. Neurosurgery. 2021 May 13;88(6):1128-1135.

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SUMMARY: 10 patients underwent LITT of the ventral anterio limb of the internal capsule for severe OCD; 7 patients were considered full responders (YBOCS change ≥35%). Adverse effects included transient apathy/amotivation (2 patients). One patient had a small tract haemorrhage …

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Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Focal Hand Dystonia (FHD): A Pilot Study. Horisawa S, Yamaguchi T, Abe K, Hori H, Fukui A, Iijima M, Sumi M, Hodotsuka K, Konishi Y, Kawamata T, Taira T. Mov Disord. 2021 Aug;36(8):1955-1959.

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SUMMARY: MRgFUS thalamotomy of the ventro-oral (Vo) nucleus in 10 patients with FHD. Evaluation: scores of the Writer’s Cramp Rating Scale (WCRS, 0–30; higher scores indicating greater severity), Tubiana Musician’s Dystonia Scale (TMDS, 0–5; lower scores indicating greater severity), and …

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Radiofrequency Ablation for Movement Disorders: Risk Factors for Intracerebral Hemorrhage, a Retrospective Analysis. Horisawa S, Fukui A, Nonaka T, Kawamata T, Taira T. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Aug 16;21(3):143-149.

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SUMMARY: The authors investigated the hemorrhagic risk associated with radiofrequency (RF) ablation on ventro-oral (Vo) nucleus, ventral intermediate (Vim) nucleus, GPi, and pallidothalamic tract (PTT) between 2012 to 2019 on 558 patients (356 dystonia, 111 essential tremor (ET) , 51 …

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Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor (BEST-FUS Phase 2 Trial). Iorio-Morin C, Yamamoto K, Sarica C, Zemmar A, Levesque M, Brisebois S, Germann J, Loh A, Boutet A, Elias GJB, Azevedo P, Adam E, Patel U, Lenis M, Kalia SK, Hodaie M, Fasano A, Lozano AM. Mov Disord. 2021 Nov;36(11):2653-2662.

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SUMMARY: a prospective, single-arm, single-blinded phase 2 trial of second-side magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy in 10 patients with essential tremor who were followed for 3 months. The primary outcome was the change in quality of life relative to …

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Bilateral Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor. Fukutome K, Hirabayashi H, Osakada Y, Kuga Y, Ohnishi H. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2021 Sep 7:1-9.

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SUMMARY: 5 consecutive patients with refractory essential tremor underwent a second Alexanderasymmetrically to the first lesion. The second lesion center was superior to the first lesion in all patients. The mean baseline, second preoperative, and second postoperative Clinical Rating Scale …

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