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Pallidotomy is a
neurosurgical procedure. It is used to
treat Parkinson's
disease and some
other conditions,
often as an
alternative to deep
brain stimulation...
- high-intensity
focused ultrasound surgeries have been
developed for
pallidotomies and thalamotomies,
their use
remains rare. DBS
involves the implantation...
- the use of MRI. It is
sometimes regarded as a
better alternative to
pallidotomy or
thalamotomy because it is non-permanent. For
optimal installation...
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territory of the GPi. This
process is
called pallidotomy. It is
believed that the
success of
pallidotomies in
reducing the
effects of
movement disorders...
- Hypophysectomy ·
Amygdalohippocampectomy Ventriculostomy Craniotomy ·
Pallidotomy · Thalamotomy · Lobotomy ·
Bilateral cingulotomy · Cordotomy · Rhizotomy...
- very
active in the
operation theatre. He
performed a
large number of
pallidotomies, and
later also thalamotomies, in Parkinson's
disease and capsulotomies...
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invaluable and that they led to
improved surgical treatments such as
pallidotomy, new drug
treatments such as levodopa, and
later deep
brain stimulation...
- PMID 22135580.
Gross RE (April 2008). "What
happened to
posteroventral pallidotomy for Parkinson's
disease and dystonia?". Neurotherapeutics. 5 (2): 281–93...
- McCartney, L. K., Bau K.,
Stewart K.,
Botha B.,
Morrow A., (2016),
Pallidotomy as a
treatment option for a
complex patient with
severe dystonia, Dev...
- be more
effective and less
detrimental in treatment.
Posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP) is a
specific kind of DBS that
destroys a
small part of the globus...
