Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
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Stereotact Funct Neurosurg · Jan 1999
Historical ArticleHistory of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
The field of human stereotactic neurosurgery has just passed the half-century mark. Soon after its inception, the pioneers in the field began to meet to exchange information and ideas, which led to an international forum for stereotactic surgery. ⋯ The first independent meeting of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery took place in Houston in 1980, at which there were 27 papers, 40% of which were on the newly emerging field of image-guided neurosurgery and the rest on classical functional neurosurgery. The five meetings since, occurring at approximately 4-year intervals, have documented the progress in epilepsy surgery, the reemergence of stereotactic surgery for movement disorders, the growth of stereotactic radiosurgery, and the genesis of frameless stereotactic techniques which have now become widespread.
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Stereotact Funct Neurosurg · Jan 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialLong-term multicenter experience with vagus nerve stimulation for intractable partial seizures: results of the XE5 trial.
Intermittent stimulation of the left cervical vagus nerve trunk (VNS) with the NeuroCybernetic Prosthesis (NCP) is emerging as a novel adjunct in the management of medically refractory epilepsy. We review the safety and efficacy of VNS 1 year after completion of the E05 study, the largest controlled clinical trial of VNS to date. ⋯ The long-term multicenter safety, efficacy, feasibility and tolerability of VNS, as well as the durability of the NCP device have been confirmed. Unlike chronic therapy with antiepileptic medication, the efficacy of VNS is maintained during prolonged stimulation, and overall seizure control continues to improve with time.
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Stereotact Funct Neurosurg · Jan 1999
Comparative StudyA comparison of single fraction radiosurgery tumor control and toxicity in the treatment of basal and nonbasal meningiomas.
Between July 1993 and October 1997, 107 patients with 118 meningiomas were treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS). The most frequent site of tumor origin was the skull base (54%). The mean tumor diameter and volume were 2.5 cm and 9.4 cm3, respectively. ⋯ Deteriorating peritumoral edema associated with symptoms was observed in 1 of 49 (2%) skull-base tumors and in 4 of 39 (10%) non-basal tumors, without associated tumor growth. (p=0.l5 and 0.234 respectively, z-test). Stereotactic radiosurgery can achieve acceptable tumor control with low morbidity in the treatment of most meningiomas. However, when the tumor is nonbasal, the potential morbidity from peritumoral edema should be recognized and other treatment options considered, such as adjuvant surgery, partial fractionated irradiation or stereotactic radiotherapy.