Frontiers of Neurosurgery
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Spring 1993
Volume 4, Number 1
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Abstracts
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 Abstracts
Surgical
Aspects of Epilepsy
Cynthia L. Norrgran, MD
Patients with
intractable epilepsy may benefit from surgical
intervention. This article offers a historical
perspective on the surgical treatment of seizures and
describes patient selection, preoperative evaluation,
surgical alternatives, and outcomes.
Management of
High Grade Brain Tumors with Interstitial Radioisotope
Seed Implantation and/or Hyperthermia
Richard C. Branan, MD, PhD, David P. Schreiber, MD
Patients with
advanced malignant tumors have traditionally undergone
such as surgery, external radiation, and chemotherapy.
Brachytherapy, which is the implantation of radioisotope
seeds within a brain tumor, has bee a more recent
treatment development. To this modality, interstitial
hyperthermic therapy, known as themoradiotherapy, has
been added. In combination, brachytherapy and
thermoradiotherapy may prove to be a more effective
treatment than the application of a single modality.
Recent
Advances in the Management of Arteriovenous Malformations
of the Brain
Lee E. Krauth, MD, Wayne F. Yakes, MD
Arteriovenous
malformations (AVMs) of the brain have always been
difficult entities to treat. Often the size, location in
eloquent areas of the brain, and pattern of deep venous
drainage preclude safe surgical removal even with modern
microsurgical techniques. Ethanol embolization of these
lesions using super-selective catheter techniques has
proven to be an efficacious adjunct to surgery, as well
as a definitive form of therapy, in select cases.
Spinal Cord
Stimulation for Intractable Pain Due to Reflex
Sympathetic Dystrophy
Jay D. Law, MD
Electrical
stimulation of the spinal cord was first employed in 1967
for the palliation of chronic intractable pain. Technical
improvements have expanded its application to other
diagnoses involving pain. This article reviews the
current methods of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as they
apply to the increasingly common and difficult problem of
treating reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD).
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