A panel of highly experienced neurosurgeons, neurophysiologists, neuropsychologists, and neuroanatomists join forces to create an integrated, cutting-edge survey all of the methodologies necessary for successful surgical treatment. On the surgical side they review a variety of techniques for Parkinson's disease, including thalamotomy, pallidotomy and bilateral pallidotomy, subthalamotomy, pallidal and thalamic deep brain stimulation, and subthalmic deep brain stimulation. Surgical therapy for tremor and dystonia is also covered. On the patient side, the authors systematically examine the key issues involved in any surgical procedure: Patient selection, patient assessment before and after surgery, brain target localization, and postoperative programming of brain stimulators.

Contens:

1. Physiology of the Basal Ganglia and Pathophysiology of Movement Disorders
Wichmann, Thomas; Vitek, Jerrold L.
2. Basal Ganglia Circuitry and Synaptic Connectivity
Charara, Ali; Sidibé, Manadou; Smith, Yoland
3. Surgical Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: Past, Present, and Future
Koller, William C.; Minagar, Alireza; Lyons, Kelly E.; Pahwa, Rajesh
4. Patient Selection for Movement Disorders Surgery
Kumar, Rajeev; Lang, Anthony E.
5. Methods of Patient Assessment in Surgical Therapy for Movement Disorders
Cubo, Esther; Goetz, Christopher G.
6. Target Localization in Movement Disorders Surgery
Kaplitt, Michael G.; Hutchison, William D.; Lozano, Andres M.
7. Thalamotomy for Tremor
Hua, Sherwin E.; Garonzik, Ira M.; Lee, Jung-Il; Lenz, Frederick A.
8. Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease
Sierens, Diane K.; Bakay, Roy A.E.
9. Bilateral Pallidotomy for Parkinson's Disease: Costs and Benefits
Parkin, Simon; Joint, Carole; Scott, Richard; Aziz, Tipu Z.
10. Subthalamotomy for Parkinson's Disease
Gill, Steven S.; Patel, Nikunj K.; Heywood, Peter
11. Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor
Tarsy, Daniel; Norregaard, Thorkild; Hubble, Jean
12. Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
Volkmann, Jens; Sturm, Volker
13. Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
Abosch, Aviva; Lang, Anthony E.; Hutchison, William D.; Lozano, Andres M.
14. Methods of Programming and Patient Management with Deep Brain Stimulation
Kumar, Rajeev
15. The Role of Neuropsychological Evaluation in the Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders
Tröster, Alexander I.; Fields, Julie A.
16. Surgical Treatment of Secondary Tremor
Ahlskog, J. Eric; Matsumoto, Joseph Y.; Davis, Dudley H.
17. Thalamotomy for Dystonia
Tasker, Ronald R.
18. Pallidotomy and Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia
Abosch, Aviva; Vitek, Jerrold L.; Lozano, Andres
19. Surgical Treatment of Spasmodic Torticollis by Peripheral Denervation
Molina-Negro, Pedro; Bouvier, Guy
20. Intrathecal Baclofen for Dystonia and Related Motor Disorders
Ford, Blair
21. Positron Emission Tomography in Surgery for Movement Disorders
Fukuda, Masafumi; Edwards, Christine; Eidelberg, David
22. Fetal Tissue Transplantation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Greene, Paul; Fahn, Stanley
23. Future Surgical Therapies in Parkinson's Disease
Kang, Un Jung; Papasian, Nora; Chang, Jin Woo; Lee, Won Yong