[Neurosurgical treatment of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders]

The surgical treatment of movement disorders has attracted widespread attention in the past few years. Better understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms, and also the refinement of neurosurgical, neuroradiological and neurophysiological methods and techniques have contributed to the redefinition of surgical treatment. With appropriate selection criteria, symptomatic and functional benefit can be achieved in the majority of patients. Functional neurosurgical procedures nowadays are performed most frequently in patients with Parkinson's disease or cervical dystonia. Functional neurosurgery today has the choice of a variety of different surgical options. The most appropriate operative technique is chosen with regard of the clinical presentation of the individual patient. The different operative procedures and the postoperative results are briefly described.