Use of Intraoperative CT to Predict the Accuracy of Microelectrode Recording During Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery. A Proof of Concept Study

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective therapy for movement disorders such as Parkinson ’s disease, essential tremor and dystonia [1–4]. Treatment of psychiatric conditions including depression and obsessive compulsive disorder is also gaining momentum as new stimulation-responsive targets are being defined [5,6]. In many centers, microelectrode recording (MER) remains the mainstay of target localization and optimization during DBS surgery [7–9]. Often one or several recording tracks are used to obtain an electrophysiological map of the target before lead insertion.

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - September 22, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Ryan B. Kochanski, Mena G. Kerolus, Gian Pal, Leo Verhagen Metman, Sepehr Sani Source Type: research