title: [Stereotactic radiosurgery for movement disorders].
abstract: Nowadays, functional neurosurgery is an established treatment for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. The effectiveness and safety of neuromodulation procedures (deep brain stimulation) replaced in the last years ablative irreversible stereotactic lesions for movement disorders. Stereotactic radiosurgery with gamma knife is a non-invasive form of treatment for movement disorders. The main limitation of stereotactic radiosurgery is the impossibility of electrophysiological confirmation of the target structure. Nevertheless, patients with advanced age and significant medical conditions that preclude classic open stereotactic procedures or patients who must receive anticoagulation therapy may gain great functional benefit using gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Neurochirurgii, Centrum Medycznego Kształcenia Podyplomowego w Warszawie. mrsob@op.pl
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobstyl
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ząbek
mesh_terms: D004421:Dystonia / Q000601:surgery; D020329:Essential Tremor / Q000601:surgery; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000601:surgery; D018579:Patient Selection; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D012449:Safety; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D020531:Subthalamic Nucleus / Q000601:surgery; D013788:Thalamus / Q000601:surgery; D014202:Tremor / Q000601:surgery