Tremor – Treatment Paradigms
Gamma Knife for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Historical Evolution of Treatment Protocols
Surgical treatment of refractory and severe psychiatric diseases is not new nor recent. Yet, it has been restricted to few centers, available only for a minority of patients. Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD) is currently the best-established psychiatric condition amenable for surgical intervention. Radiosurgery, radiofrequency ablation and deep brain stimulation are stereotactic techniques used in well selected […]
Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) was the birth of radiosurgery. The popularization of this technique was only possible upon improvement of imaging techniques, which allowed proper targeting of the trigeminal pathway. Radiosurgery is a very attractive surgical modality, especially to the elderly. Radiosurgery centers offering Functional Radiosurgery need to be aware of extra scrutiny during […]