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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...
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surgery that
lesioned the
basal ganglia,
thalamus or
globus pallidus (a
pallidotomy). The
discovery of L-DOPA for PD
treatment caused ablative therapies...
- 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...
- can be seen in
surgeries used to
treat Parkinson's disease, such as
Pallidotomy or
Thalamotomy (lesioning procedures), or Deep
Brain Stimulation (DBS)...
- 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...
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projects include essential tremor thalamotomy, Parkinson's
dyskinesia pallidotomy,
ablation of
rectal and
other pelvic cancers,
uterine fibroid ablation...
- Hypophysectomy ·
Amygdalohippocampectomy Ventriculostomy Craniotomy ·
Pallidotomy · Thalamotomy · Lobotomy ·
Bilateral cingulotomy · Cordotomy · Rhizotomy...
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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...
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Horsley and
Robert H.
Clarke and in 1951
performed the
first stereotactic pallidotomy on an
athetoid child. The next year he
performed a
procaine oil blocking...
