[Surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease in Poland in the last century].
Surgery of Parkinson's disease started in the middle of the last century. At the same time this treatment was introduced in Poland. Choróbski removed Broadsman's area 4 through craniotomy. In 1961 Liszka in Kraków introduced the stereotactic procedures, thalamo- and pallidotomy. This type of surgery was soon introduced in two other neurosurgical centers. For the next several years treatment was mostly pharmacological. However, stereotactic treatment was used in patients poorly tolerating drugs. In the meantime first attempts were made at implantation of fetal substantia nigra, with good results. At the end of the century in several patients electrostimulators were implanted. In the last century all known methods of surgical treatment were applied in Poland.
Bidziński
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Kierownik Kliniki Neurochirurgii A.M. w Warszawie. jerzy.bidzinski@wp.pl
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