{"title":"ASSFN Society News","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000530202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000530202","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22078,"journal":{"name":"Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery","volume":"101 1","pages":"158 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42663786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ASSFN Society News","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000529528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000529528","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22078,"journal":{"name":"Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery","volume":"101 1","pages":"72 - 72"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65303397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Can Sarica, Ajmal Zemmar, Omid Yousefi, Andrew C Yang, Ayse Uzuner, Zhiyuan Sheng, Brendan Santyr, Nardin Samuel, Michael Colditz, Artur Vetkas, Jürgen Germann, Cletus Cheyuo, Mohammadmahdi Sabahi, Raja Niranjan Jani, Ghazaleh Darmani, Kazuaki Yamamoto, David H Aguirre-Padilla, Joseph S Neimat, Suneil K Kalia, Robert Chen, Alfonso A Fasano, Andres M Lozano
{"title":"Spinal Cord Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Pain and Motor Outcomes.","authors":"Can Sarica, Ajmal Zemmar, Omid Yousefi, Andrew C Yang, Ayse Uzuner, Zhiyuan Sheng, Brendan Santyr, Nardin Samuel, Michael Colditz, Artur Vetkas, Jürgen Germann, Cletus Cheyuo, Mohammadmahdi Sabahi, Raja Niranjan Jani, Ghazaleh Darmani, Kazuaki Yamamoto, David H Aguirre-Padilla, Joseph S Neimat, Suneil K Kalia, Robert Chen, Alfonso A Fasano, Andres M Lozano","doi":"10.1159/000531089","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000531089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been investigated as a potential therapeutic option for managing refractory symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of SCS in PD.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A comprehensive literature search was conducted on PubMed and Web of Science to identify SCS studies reporting Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale-III (UPDRS-III) or Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score changes in PD cohorts with at least 3 patients and a follow-up period of at least 1 month. Treatment effect was measured as the mean change in outcome scores and analyzed using an inverse variance random-effects model. The risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and funnel plots.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 11 studies comprising 76 patients were included. Nine studies involving 72 patients reported an estimated decrease of 4.43 points (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.11; 6.75, p < 0.01) in UPDRS-III score, equivalent to a 14% reduction. The axial subscores in 48 patients decreased by 2.35 points (95% CI: 1.26; 3.45, p < 0.01, 20% reduction). The pooled effect size of five studies on back and leg pain VAS scores was calculated as 4.38 (95% CI: 2.67; 6.09, p < 0.001), equivalent to a 59% reduction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our analysis suggests that SCS may provide significant motor and pain benefits for patients with PD, although the results should be interpreted with caution due to several potential limitations including study heterogeneity, open-label designs, small sample sizes, and the possibility of publication bias. Further research using larger sample sizes and placebo-/sham-controlled designs is needed to confirm effectiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":22078,"journal":{"name":"Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery","volume":"101 4","pages":"244-253"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10614495/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10574691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vijay M Ravindra, Lucia Ruggieri, Nisha Gadgil, Angela P Addison, Ilana Patino, David D Gonda, Jason Chu, Laura Whitehead, Anne Anderson, Gloria Diaz-Medina, Kimberly Houck, Akshat Katyayan, Laura Masters, Audrey Nath, Michael Quach, James John Riviello, Elaine Seto, Krystal Elizabeth Sully, Latanya Agurs, Sonali Sen, Maureen Handoko, Rohini Coorg, Irfan Ali, Daniel Ikeda, Howard Weiner, Daniel J Curry
{"title":"An Initial Experience of Completion Hemispherotomy via Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Therapy.","authors":"Vijay M Ravindra, Lucia Ruggieri, Nisha Gadgil, Angela P Addison, Ilana Patino, David D Gonda, Jason Chu, Laura Whitehead, Anne Anderson, Gloria Diaz-Medina, Kimberly Houck, Akshat Katyayan, Laura Masters, Audrey Nath, Michael Quach, James John Riviello, Elaine Seto, Krystal Elizabeth Sully, Latanya Agurs, Sonali Sen, Maureen Handoko, Rohini Coorg, Irfan Ali, Daniel Ikeda, Howard Weiner, Daniel J Curry","doi":"10.1159/000528452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000528452","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In carefully selected patients with medically refractory epilepsy, disconnective hemispherotomy can result in significant seizure freedom; however, incomplete disconnection can result in ongoing seizures and poses a significant challenge. Completion hemispherotomy provides an opportunity to finish the disconnection. We describe the use of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal ablation (MRgLITT) for completion hemispherotomy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients treated with completion hemispherotomy using MRgLITT at our institution were identified. Procedural and seizure outcomes were evaluated retrospectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five patients (3 males) underwent six MRgLITT procedures (one child treated twice) for completion hemispherotomy at a median age of 6 years (range 1.8-12.9). Two children had hemimegalencephaly, two had Rasmussen encephalitis, and one had polymicrogyria. All five children had persistent seizures likely secondary to incomplete disconnection after their functional hemispherotomy. The mean time from open hemispherotomy to MRgLITT was 569.5 ± 272.4 days (median 424, range 342-1,095). One patient underwent stereoelectroencephalography before MRgLITT. The mean number of ablation targets was 2.3 ± 0.47 (median 2, range 2-3). The mean length of the procedure was 373 min ± 68.9 (median 374, range 246-475). Four of the five patients were afforded improvement in their neurocognitive functioning and speech performance after ablation, with mean daily seizure frequency at 1 year of 1.03 ± 1.98 (median 0, range 0-5). Two patients achieved Engel Class I outcomes at 1 year after ablation, one was Engel Class III, and two were Engel Class IV. The mean follow-up time was 646.8 ± 179.5 days (median 634, range 384-918). No MRgLITT-related complications occurred. Delayed retreatment (>1 year) occurred in three patients: one child underwent redo ablation and two underwent anatomic hemispherectomy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We have demonstrated the feasibility of a minimally invasive approach for completion hemispherotomy using MRgLITT. Delayed retreatment was needed in three patients; thus, further study of this technique with comparison to other surgical techniques is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":22078,"journal":{"name":"Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery","volume":"101 3","pages":"179-187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10016932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side\" or Is It?! Comparison of Trend of Awake Craniotomy in Neuro-Oncology and Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation.","authors":"Difei Wang, Keyoumars Ashkan","doi":"10.1159/000530527","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000530527","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22078,"journal":{"name":"Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery","volume":"101 3","pages":"217-220"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11251657/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10000188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hiroki Hori, Yusuke Yamada, Masayuki Nakano, Takahiro Ouchi, Masahito Takasaki, Ken Iijima, Takaomi Taira, Keiichi Abe, Hirokazu Iwamuro
{"title":"Improvement in Intraoperative Image Quality in Transcranial Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery Using Transmitter Gain Adjustment.","authors":"Hiroki Hori, Yusuke Yamada, Masayuki Nakano, Takahiro Ouchi, Masahito Takasaki, Ken Iijima, Takaomi Taira, Keiichi Abe, Hirokazu Iwamuro","doi":"10.1159/000531009","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000531009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (TcMRgFUS) has the advantage of allowing immediate evaluation of therapeutic effects after each sonication and intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to visualize the lesion. When the image shows that the lesion has missed the planned target and the therapeutic effects are insufficient, the target of the subsequent ablation can be finely adjusted based on the image. The precision of this adjustment is determined by the image quality. However, the current intraoperative image quality with a 3.0T MRI system is insufficient for precisely detecting the lesion. Thus, we developed and validated a method for improving intraoperative image quality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Because intraoperative image quality is affected by transmitter gain (TG), we acquired T2-weighted images (T2WIs) with two types of TG: the automatically adjusted TG (auto TG) and the manually adjusted TG (manual TG). To evaluate the character of images with 2 TGs, the actual flip angle (FA), the image uniformity, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were measured using a phantom. Then, to assess the quality of intraoperative images, T2WIs with both TGs were acquired during TcMRgFUS for 5 patients. The contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of the lesion was retrospectively estimated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The images of the phantom with the auto TG showed substantial variations between the preset and actual FAs (p < 0.01), whereas on the images with the manual TG, there were no variations between the two FAs (p > 0.05). The total image uniformity was considerably lower with the manual TG than with the auto TG (p < 0.01), indicating that the image's signal values with the manual TG were more uniform. The manual TG produced significantly higher SNRs than the auto TG (p < 0.01). In the clinical study, the lesions were clearly detected in intraoperative images with the manual TG, but they were difficult to identify in images with the auto TG. The CNR of lesions in images with manual TG was considerably higher than in images with auto TG (p < 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Regarding intraoperative T2WIs using a 3.0T MRI system during TcMRgFUS, the manual TG method improved image quality and delineated the ablative lesion more clearly than the current method with auto TG.</p>","PeriodicalId":22078,"journal":{"name":"Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery","volume":"101 4","pages":"223-231"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10614472/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10204830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shayan Moosa, Aaron E Bond, Tony R Wang, Faraz Farzad, Ashok R Asthagiri, W Jeffrey Elias
{"title":"Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Autologous Cerebrospinal Fluid Enhances Basal Ganglia Visualization during MRI-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery.","authors":"Shayan Moosa, Aaron E Bond, Tony R Wang, Faraz Farzad, Ashok R Asthagiri, W Jeffrey Elias","doi":"10.1159/000528738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000528738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The aim of this study was to determine the safety and feasibility of convection-enhanced delivery of autologous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for enhancing intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the basal ganglia during stereotactic neurosurgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This pilot study was conducted in 4 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who underwent MRI-guided deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus internus (GPi). CSF was obtained via lumbar puncture after general anesthesia and prior to incision. A frameless stereotaxy system was installed, and an infusion catheter was inserted to the GPi using intraoperative MRI. Infusion of autologous CSF was performed at a convective rate of 5 µL/min with a maximum volume of infusion (Vi) of 500 mL. T2-weighted MRI scans were obtained every 15 min up to a maximum of 105 min in order to calculate the volume of distribution (Vd). Safety was assessed with adverse event monitoring, and clinical outcomes were measured with changes in unmedicated UPDRS part III and PDQ-39 scores from baseline to 6 months postoperatively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All four infusions were safe and without adverse events. The mean unmedicated UPDRS part III and PDQ-39 scores improved by 24% and 26%, respectively. The Vd:Vi ratio ranged from 2.2 to 2.8 and peaked 45 min from the onset of infusion, which is when the borders of the GPi could generally be visualized based on T2-weighted MRI. Two patients underwent refinement of the stereotactic targeting based on infusion-enhanced images.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The convective administration of autologous CSF to deep brain structures appears safe and feasible for enhancing intraoperative MRI during stereotactic procedures. Infusion-enhanced imaging with target-specific infusates could be developed to visualize neurochemical circuits or cellular regions that currently are not seen with anatomic/structural MRI.</p>","PeriodicalId":22078,"journal":{"name":"Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery","volume":"101 2","pages":"93-100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9320933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}