Surgical Complications in Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: Experience in 800 Patients. Holewijn RA, Wiggerts Y, Bot M, Verbaan D, de Bie RMA, Schuurman R, van den Munckhof P. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2024;102(5):275-283. doi: 10.1159/000539483. Epub 2024 …
Preventing Shift from Pneumocephalus During Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: Don’t Give Up the ‘Fork in the Brain’. Martinez-Nunez AE, Wong JK, Hilliard JD, Foote KD, Okun MS. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2024 Apr 10;14:18. doi: 10.5334/tohm.873. eCollection 2024. …
Comprehensive characterization of intracranial hemorrhage in deep brain stimulation: a systematic review of literature from 1987 to 2023. Cheyuo C, Vetkas A, Sarica C, Kalia SK, Hodaie M, Lozano AM. J Neurosurg. 2024 Mar 22;141(2):381-393. doi: 10.3171/2024.1. SUMMARY PubMed, EMBASE, …
Coupled Activation of the Hyperdirect and Cerebellothalamic Pathways with Zona Incerta Deep Brain Stimulation. Bingham CS, McIntyre CC. Mov Disord. 2024 Mar;39(3):539-545. doi: 10.1002/mds.29717. Epub 2024 Feb 6. SUMMARY How come DBS of the zona incerta (ZI) can be effective …
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? (OPEN ACCESS) By: Stephen Buranyi. Science | The Guardian SUMMARY: “It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by …
The Ascension of Ronald Tasker to the Constellation of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Icons: December 18, 1927-April 19, 2023. (OPEN ACCESS) Vilela-Filho O, Tasker AM, Lozano AM. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2023 Nov 30:1-5. doi: 10.1159/000534664. SUMMARY: Rich detailed obituary of …
The wisdom of our mentors: clinical pearls in movement disorders. (OPEN ACCESS) Araújo R, Fearon C, Balint B, Bressman S, Friedman J, Jinnah HA, Tijssen MAJ, Lang A, Lees A, Lynch T, Quinn N, Thomson P, Vidailhet M, van de …
The ancient history of kissing. (OPEN ACCESS) Arbøll TP, Rasmussen SL. Science. 2023 May 19;380(6646):688-690. doi: 10.1126/science.adf0512. SUMMARY: Sources from Mesopotamia contextualize the emergence of kissing and its role in disease transmission. The role of romantic sexual kissing in society …
Urological and genital surgery in ancient Egypt (OPEN ACCESS) Patric Blomstedt. History and Philosophy of Medicine 2023;5(1):4. https://doi.org/10.53388/HPM2023004 SUMMARY: Ancient Egypt might be considered the cradle of medicine. The modern literature is somewhat too enthusiastic regarding the procedures given an …
Could an old brain be made young again? (OPEN ACCESS) Jean M Hébert. Surg Neurol Int. 2022 Dec 23:13:595. doi: 10.25259/SNI_1132_2022. SUMMARY: “The solution, both for the body and the brain, is replacing old tissues and organs with pristine damage-free …