title: Contemporary methodology of stereotactic neurosurgery.
abstract: A survey of stereotactic operations from neurosurgical centres, one in Madras and the other in Bratislava, shows that many stereotactic operations are of the combined type. From a methodological viewpoint, stereotactic preformances may be divided into simultaneous, successive, symmetrical, asymmetrical, and one-sided, respectively. Thus, the stereotactic operation differs from the traditional concept that the patient may be cured by a single surgical performance. The stereotactic treatment usually consists of a succession of tactical steps, which make up the strategy of the whole treatment.
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000601:surgery; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000601:surgery; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000601:surgery; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques