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Gamma Knife thalamotomy and pallidotomy in patients with movement disorders: preliminary results
R W Rand1, D B Jacques, R W Melbye
1Neurosciences Institute, Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, Calif.
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The Leksell Gamma Knife is a useful and safe method to perform thalamotomy and pallidotomy in selected older patients with Parkinson's disease and related movement disorders. In this preliminary report, 2 of 3 patients with severe intention tremor were relieved of their symptoms by thalamotomy, as were 4 of 7 patients with Parkinson's tremor. Four of 8 patients had significant improvement of contralateral rigidity following pallidotomy.