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• Carotid artery blockage
• Brain tumors—benign
and malignant
• Pituitary tumors
• Craniosynostosis
• Aneurysm
• Arteriovenous
malformation
• Hydrocephalus
• Head injury
• Trigeminal
and glossopharyngeal neuralgia
• Hemifacial
spasm
• Intracerebral
hemorrhage
• Epilepsy
• Parkinson's disease |
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Parkinson's
disease, tremor, and other movement disorders
These conditions cause rigidity of the limbs, expressionless face, stooped posture, diminished movements, gait imbalance and falls, and tremor. Decline in memory, depression, diminished eye movements, etc., can also occur. |
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Surgical treatment of essential tremor and Parkinsonian tremor
Utilizing a frame-based stereotactic system, surgical treatments of tremor related to Parkinson's disease and essential tremor are performed by planting a device to arrest tremor in patients that are refractory to medical therapy. Deep brain stimulator placement achieves excellent tremor control in the appropriate selected patients. |
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