Bilateral chronic electrostimulation of ventroposterolateral pallidum: a new therapeutic approach for alleviating all parkinsonian symptoms
J Siegfried, B Lippitz - Neurosurgery, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Abstract THE GLOBAL IMPROVEMENT of all parkinsonian symptoms after stereotactic
pallidotomy has been demonstrated by Leksell. Recently, Laitinen, reevaluating this target in
the neurosurgical treatment of Parkinson's disease, confirmed the real value of this
approach, and emphasized the necessity of locating the lesion in the ventroposterolateral
part of the pallidum internum. Because we know that high-frequency stimulation of the
ventrolateral part of the thalamus has the same clinical effect on tremor as high-frequency …
pallidotomy has been demonstrated by Leksell. Recently, Laitinen, reevaluating this target in
the neurosurgical treatment of Parkinson's disease, confirmed the real value of this
approach, and emphasized the necessity of locating the lesion in the ventroposterolateral
part of the pallidum internum. Because we know that high-frequency stimulation of the
ventrolateral part of the thalamus has the same clinical effect on tremor as high-frequency …