Hemorrhagic complication of stereotactic surgery in patients with movement disorders

• Published in: Journal of neurosurgery Vol. 98; no. 6; p. 1241
• Main Authors: Terao, Tohru, Takahashi, Hiroshi, Yokochi, Fusako, Taniguchi, Makoto, Okiyama, Ryouichi, Hamada, Ikuma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2003
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brain - pathology; Brain - surgery; Child; Electric Stimulation - instrumentation; Electrodes, Implanted; Female; Globus Pallidus - diagnostic imaging; Globus Pallidus - pathology; Globus Pallidus - surgery; Hemorrhage - etiology; Humans; Intraoperative Complications; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Movement Disorders - etiology; Movement Disorders - surgery; Postoperative Care; Radiosurgery - instrumentation; Thalamus - diagnostic imaging; Thalamus - pathology; Thalamus - surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Small, asymptomatic hemorrhages are easier to detect during stereotactic surgery when magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is used for targeting rather than when traditional approaches, such as ventriculography, are performed with contrast material. In the present study the authors examined the actual in...