Motor cortex stimulation in patients with chronic central pain.

Background: Motor cortex stimulation is one of the neuromodulation methods of treating refractory central neurogenic pain.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the effects of motor cortex stimulation.

Material And Methods: The study group consisted of 14 consecutive patients with thalamic pain, atypical facial pain, post-brachial plexus avulsion injury pain, phantom pain and pain in syringomyelia who were treated with motor cortex stimulation at the Department of Neurosurgery of the Military Research Hospital in Bydgoszcz, Poland, from 2005 to 2013.

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in treatment of hydrocephalus.

Introduction: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is a minimally invasive method of treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus (HCP).

Aim: To investigate perioperative and intraoperative difficulties, failures and complications of ETV.

Material And Methods: Seventy-three procedures of ETV were conducted in our department in the last 5 years on 69 patients with HCP of different etiology.