Tratamiento del Temblor de Origen Esencial o Parkinsoniano Mediante Radiocirugia Estereotaxica con Gamma Kinfe
El tremblor esencial (TE) es el trastorno del movimiento mas comun, con una incidencia de aproximadamente el 2,5% de la poblacion. La radiocirugia estereotactica con Gamma Knife es eficaz para controlar el tremblor a pesar de la incapacidad de confirmar el objectivo talamico mediante registro neurofisiologico intraoperatorio. Se ha reportado una mejoria significativa del tremblor […]
Treatment of Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Speakers: The Psychiatrist’s View. Antonio Carlos Lopes (Brazil) DBS Surgery. Ludvic Zrinzo (UK) Radiosurgery. Roberto Martinez (Spain) Radiofrequency and MRIgFUS. Rees Cosgrove (USA) Panelists: Clement Hamani (Canada/Brazil) Francisco Velasco (Mexico) Ricardo de Oliveira (Brazil) Maria Alice Ferragut (Brazil) Eduardo Lovo (El Salvador)
Advances in Functional Radiosurgery
The functional indications were the first procedures treated by radiosurgery. The purpose of these procedures is to correct the tissue disorder related to symptoms by damaging the nervous system or performing a “neuromodulation”. Functional indications treated by Gamma Knife radiosurgery have increased in the last two decades. From a total of nearly one million patients […]