Introduction The Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) is dedicated
to improving the safety and efficacy of neuromodulation and thus improving the lives of …

✓Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is the most commonly used implantable neurostimulation
modality for management of pain syndromes. In this paper the authors describe the current …

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that 40% to 60% of patients with obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD) continue to experience symptoms despite adequate medical management. For …

Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subcallosal cingulate white matter has
shown promise as an intervention for patients with chronic, unremitting depression. To test the …

Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus is an established
therapeutic option for managing motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. We conducted a double…

Stereotaxy is a neurosurgical technique that can take several hours to reach a specific target,
typically utilizing a mechanical frame and guided by preoperative imaging. An error in any …

OBJECT Women compose a minority of neurosurgery residents, averaging just over 10% of
matched applicants per year during this decade. A recent review by Lynch et al. raises the …

OBJECTIVE: For more than a decade, motor cortex stimulation has been used to treat difficult
central and peripheral neuropathic pain syndromes. This prospective study uses the McGill …

… At each step, the maximum change in the magnitude of S-parameters, ΔS, was defined as
ΔS = Max ij |S Nij -S N-1ij |, where i and j cover all matrix entries and N represents the iteration …

Object Although nucleus ventralis intermedius stimulation has been shown to be safe and
efficacious in the treatment of essential tremor, there is a subset of patients who eventually …