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The Use of Highly Detailed Three Dimensional Neuroanatomical Images in the Placing of Cerebral Stimulating Electrodes for Pain

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Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 6

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 33))

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Abstract

Stereotactic implantion of stimulating electrodes in the thalamic sensory relais nuclei has proved to be effective in the treatment of chronic pain1–3.

This work was supportrd by C.N.R. grant 81.0173411 and 81.0171911.

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  1. Div. Neurochirurgica, Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”, Via Celoria N. 11, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    C. Giorgi, G. Broggi & A. Franzini

  2. Div. Ricerche, 3-M Italia, Ferrania (SV), Italy

    G. Garibotto

  3. Div. di Fisica Sanitaria, Istituto Naz. dei Tumori, Milano, Italy

    U. Cerchiari

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Leuven, Belgium

    Jan Gybels

  2. Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    Edward R. Hitchcock

  3. Abteilung für Stereotaxie, Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

    Christoph Ostertag

  4. Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Gian Franco Rossi

  5. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Universitätsspital, Zürich, Switzerland

    Jean Siegfried

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Giorgi, C., Garibotto, G., Cerchiari, U., Broggi, G., Franzini, A. (1984). The Use of Highly Detailed Three Dimensional Neuroanatomical Images in the Placing of Cerebral Stimulating Electrodes for Pain. In: Gybels, J., Hitchcock, E.R., Ostertag, C., Rossi, G.F., Siegfried, J., Szikla, G. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 6. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 33. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8726-5_84

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