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Thalamotomy for Movement Disorders: a Critical Appraisal

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Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 7

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 39))

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Symptomatic and functional assessments have been made on a number of patients with a variety of involuntary movement disorders. Difficulties of assessment and their relevance to outcome are discussed. Almost all groups showed a substantial symptomatic improvement but functional improvement was less pronounced.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Birmingham, UK

    Professor E. Hitchcock, G. A. Flint & N. J. Gutowski

  2. Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Holly Lane, Smethwick, Warley, West Midlands, UK

    Professor E. Hitchcock

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Leuven, Belgium

    Jan Gybels

  2. The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, West Midland, UK

    Edward R. Hitchcock

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Björn Meyerson

  4. Abteilung für Stereotaktische Neurochirurgie, Neurochirurgische Universitäts-Klinik, Homburg, Saar, Federal Republic of Germany

    Christoph Ostertag

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

    Gian Franco Rossi

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Hitchcock, E., Flint, G.A., Gutowski, N.J. (1987). Thalamotomy for Movement Disorders: a Critical Appraisal. In: Gybels, J., Hitchcock, E.R., Meyerson, B., Ostertag, C., Rossi, G.F. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 7. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 39. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8909-2_17

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