title: [Optimization of the local thermocoagulation process as applied to stereotaxic neurosurgery].
abstract: A mathematic model was set up to find the thermal response of tissues to thermocoagulation. This model was studied by means of an analogue computer so as to establish optimal operating parameters for high-resistance heating probes. The smallest size of the layer of incomplete necrosis was used as criteria for optimization. The results suggest that the best performance characteristics in thermal coagulation can be achieved by using controlled temperatures from 77 to 87 degrees C (applied intermittently or continually).
mesh_terms: D003202:Computers, Analog; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques
vernacular_title: Optimizatsiia protsessa lokal'noĭ termokoaguliatsii primenitel'no k stereotaksicheskoĭ neĭrokhirurgii.