functionalneuro.surgery - Functional Neurosurgery

Description: Functional Neurosurgery

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Home Epilepsy Movement Disorders Spasticity Pain Modulation Psychiatric Disorders Neuroanesthesia Contact Us var so = new SWFObject("flash_intro.swf", "ThemeArt", "385", "251", "6", "#FFFFFF"); so.write("flashcontent") What’s Up August/14/2007 Inomed ISIS Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring started to function in all our related surgeries. Oct /07/2009 The author celebrating 30 years experience in neurosurgery. Nov/28/2013 Skyra 3 tesla magnetom with all clinical applications  are running in the ne

The full potential of intraoperative neurophysiology is realized during the performance of so-called functional neurosurgical procedures. During these interventions therapeutic lesions or stimulating electrodes are stereotactically placed within deep brain structures to treat movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), dystonia, affective disorders, and chronic neuropathic pain. The deep location of these structures precludes direct surgical approaches. Instead, surgeons rely

Pain is a major public health problem. It is the most common symptom for which patients seek medical care and the primary complaint of approximately half of all patients who visit a doctor. Several surveys conducted in European countries have found that nearly 50% of adults suffer from one or more types of pain or discomfort at any given point in time. Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts for more than six months and does not respond to medical therapy. It may result from either a previous injury long

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