Surgical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders

• I Rationale for Surgical Therapy.- 1 Physiology of the Basal Ganglia and Pathophysiology of Movement Disorders.- 2 Basal Ganglia Circuitry and Synaptic Connectivity.- 3 Surgical Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: Past, Present, and Future.- II Surgical Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease and Tremor.- 4 Patient Selection for Movement Disorders Surgery.- 5 Methods of Patient Assessment in Surgical Therapy for Movement Disorders.- 6 Target Localization in Movement Disorders Surgery.- 7 Thalamotomy for Tremor.- 8 Pallidotomy for Parkinson’s Disease.- 9 Bilateral Pallidotomy in Parkinson’s Disease: Costs and Benefits.- 10 Subthalamotomy for Parkinson’s Disease.- 11 Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor.- 12 Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease.- 13 Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease.- 14 Methods of Programming and Patient Management with Deep Brain Stimulation.- 15 The Role of Neuropsychological Evaluation in the Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders.- 16 Surgical Treatment of Secondary Tremor.- III Surgical Therapy for Dystonia.- 17 Thalamotomy for Dystonia.- 18 Pallidotomy and Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia.- 19 Surgical Treatment of Spasmodic Torticollis by Peripheral Denervation.- 20 Intrathecal Baclofen for Dystonia and Related Motor Disorders.- IV Miscellaneous.- 21 Positron Emission Tomography in Surgery for Movement Disorders.- 22 Fetal Tissue Transplantation for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.- 23 Future Surgical Therapies in Parkinson’s Disease.

"This is an excellent resource for neurologists, neurosurgeons, and other practitioners who work in the field of movement disorders. Written and edited by experts in the field, the book provides concise but comprehensive reviews of the current thought on patient selection, surgical techniques, and even postoperative management of these complicated patients." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "...provides an excellent reference for those within the field on the state-of-the-art...summarizes the relevant and up-to-date science of movement disorder surgery and would certainly be a valuable addition to a neurosurgical library." - British Journal of Neurosurgery "...a welcome addition to the catalogue as the first comprehensive reference book on (Parkinson's Disease)." - Age and Ageing