OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term outcome of patients after either percutaneous trigeminal
rhizotomy or microvascular decompression (MVD) for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia at …

OBJECTIVE: The benefits of intraoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for diagnostic
and therapeutic measures are as follows: 1) intraoperative update of data sets for …

To assess the usefulness of perfusion-weighted echo-planar magnetic resonance imaging
in the differential diagnosis of primary supratentorial lymphoma (PCNSL) and glioblastoma (…

Neuronavigation, today a routine method in neurosurgery, has not yet been systematically
assessed in direct comparison with conventional microsurgical techniques. The aim of the …

Object Electrical intracerebral stimulation (also referred to as deep brain stimulation [DBS])
is a tool for the treatment of chronic pain states that do not respond to less invasive or …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MR is being used increasingly as an intraoperative imaging
technique. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that intraoperative MR …

We report on the first successful intraoperative update of interactive image guidance based
on an intraoperatively acquired magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data set. To date, …

Chronic subthreshold stimulation of the contralateral precentral gyrus is used in patients with
intractable neuropathic pain for more than 15 years. The aim of this study was to analyse …

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has become an effective
strategy in the treatment of motor symptoms in advanced Parkinson's disease. However, clinical …

Phantom-limb pain (PLP) belongs among difficult-to-treat chronic pain syndromes.
Treatment options for PLP are to a large degree implicated by the level of understanding the …