title: From functional neurosurgery to "interventional" neurology: survey of publications on thalamotomy, pallidotomy, and deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease from 1966 to 2001.
abstract: Articles on surgery for Parkinson's disease (PD), published between 1966 and 2001, were reviewed with respect to whether the first author had a neurosurgical affiliation, and whether the papers appeared in neurosurgical or non-neurosurgical journals. Between 1966 and 1979, neurosurgeons and non-neurosurgeons published almost equally on surgery for PD in both neurosurgical and non-neurosurgical journals; between 1980 and 1995, the majority of publications were by neurosurgeons in neurosurgical journals; and after 1995, non-neurosurgeons were more often first authors of surgical publications and these were more frequent in non-neurosurgical journals. The fact that the first author of surgical publications on PD is often a non-neurosurgeon may have some bearing on the reported results of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden. m.hariz@ion.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Marwan I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Hariz
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000379:methods*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000601:surgery