Anesthesia for Movement Disorder Surgery
6 Anesthesia for Movement Disorder Surgery Robert E. Gross, Klaus Mewes, and Ghaleb Ghani Surgical treatment of Parkinson disease (PD) and other movement disorders has been performed with local anesthesia…
Stereotactic Surgery without Microelectrode Recording
8 Stereotactic Surgery without Microelectrode Recording Marwan I. Hariz and Nathalie Vayssiere It may seem controversial to perform a functional stereotactic procedure, whether an ablation or a deep brain stimulation…
Rationale for Movement Disorder Surgery
2 Rationale for Movement Disorder Surgery Cameron C. McIntyre, Christopher R. Butson, Benjamin L. Walter, and Jerrold L. Vitek Surgical interventions for movement disorders have been practiced for decades, beginning…
Preparation for Movement Disorder Surgery
5 Preparation for Surgery Ron L. Alterman and Michele Tagliati The elective nature of movement disorder surgery demands strict patient selection criteria and optimal surgical technique to ensure patient safety….
Efficacy and Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
15 Efficacy and Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders Erich O. Richter, Clement Hamani, and Andres M. Lozano Chronic electrical stimulation has now become a mainstay of treatment…
History of Surgery for Movement Disorders
1 History of Surgery for Movement Disorders Philip L. Gildenberg The history of surgery for movement disorders can be divided into five stages: the prestereotactic era (1890–1954), the early stereotactic…
Selection of Centers, Disorders, and Patients for Movement Disorder Surgery
4 Selection of Centers, Diseases, and Patients for Movement Disorder Surgery Leo Verhagen Metman Surgery for movement disorders has gained momentum over the last decade, catalyzed by the advent of…
Clinical Picture
4 Clinical Picture Leon Sazbon and Giuliano Dolce General Considerations Patients in the vegetative state (VS) are placed in specialized recovery units after an initial period of days or weeks…
Practical Guide to the Management of Patients in the Vegetative State
Maria Quintieri and Sebastiano Serra General Considerations The recuperation of conscious activity is the main therapeutic goal and prevailing task in the treatment of patients in the vegetative state. A…
Neurophysiopathology
3 Neurophysiopathology Giuliano Dolce and Leon Sazbon Relationship with the Outer World From a neurophysiological point of view, the brain structures and functional organization regulating conscious activity and allowing awake…
