S-I-1. The Stereotaxic Thalamotomy as Pain Relief Surgery
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Stereotaxic thalamotomy--experiences from the levodopa era.
After the introduction of levodopa drugs in the late 1960s, the number of thalamotomies fell dramatically world wide. However, as the Parkinsonian tremor proved rather resistant to levodopa treatment, the interest in this operation has been reviewed. During 1978-86, 51 stereotaxic thalamotomies were performed in 48 patient in our department. Thirty three of these patients had Parkinsonism, nine...
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bookbinders. A further series of photographs was then shown of dissections of the upper brain-stem showing the 5th nerves and the structures in the vicinity of the apex of the petrous bone. Serial photographs and radio-graphs had been taken while the crushing was in progress and again at the end of each procedure when the crushing force had been released. An attempt was then made to correlate t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.7.134