[A comparative study of the efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and pharmacological treatment in advanced Parkinson's disease].

Objective. To assess the clinical efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS STN) of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with Parkinson´s disease (PD) compared to pharmacological treatment. Material and methods.

[Cognitive functions in patients with primary torsion dystonia treated with pallidal deep brain stimulation].

Forty-three patients with primary dystonia underwent neuropsychological assessment according to the method of A.R. Luria.

Microsurgical selective neurotomy in treatment of the focal spastic syndromes of the different etiology.

Object: To estimate the effectiveness of selective peripheral neurotomy (SPN) in the treatment of local botuloresistant spastic disorders.

Methods: 20 SPNs were performed in 18 patients with spastic disorders. In 11 cases we performed SPN of the nervus obturatorius, in 5 - tibialis, in 3 - musculocutaneous, in 1 - radialis.

[Posterior selective rhizotomy in the treatment of severe spastic syndrome in cerebral palsy].

Background: Aim of this study was to optimize surgical technique of posterior selective rhizotomy for prevention of possible complications.

Materials And Methods: 11 patients (age 3-30 years) with severe spastic tetraparesis due to cerebral palsy were operated. Muscle tone in lower limbs reached 4-5 points (Ashworth scale).