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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
SUMMARY: 10 Parkinson’s disease patients with subthalamic nucleus-DBS were randomly assigned to standard clinical-based programming (CBP) or anatomical-based (imaging-guided) programming (ABP) in an 8-week crossover trial. Programming characteristics and clinical outcomes were evaluated. Both programs led to similar motor symptom …
SUMMARY: The need for imaging-guided optimization of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) parameters is increasing with recent developments of sophisticated lead designs offering highly individualized, but time-consuming and complex programming. The objective of this study was to compare changes in motor …
SUMMARY: The aim of this study is to achieve feasibility and safety of globus pallidus pars interna (GPi) and Nucleus Basalis of Meynert (NBM) DBS in advanced PD with cognitive impairment. The authors performed a phase-II double-blind crossover pilot trial …