Deep brain stimulation for chronic refractory cluster headache: A case series about long-term outcomes and connectivity analysis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to provide long-term clinical results-including "sweet spot" identification and connectomic imaging analysis-in a series of patients treated with deep brain stimulation for refractory chronic cluster headache.

Background: Deep brain stimulation is a relatively recent indication for the treatment of refractory chronic cluster headache. This indication has generated substantial debate in recent years due to uncertainty surrounding the mechanism of action and the lack of long-term efficacy data.

Cognitive phenotyping of GBA1-Parkinson's disease: A study on deep brain stimulation outcomes.

Background: Heterozygous variants in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA1) gene are the most common genetic risk factor for Parkinson's Disease (PD). GBA1-PD patients exhibit earlier disease onset, severe motor impairment, and heightened cognitive decline. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) offers motor improvement for PD patients, but its cognitive effects, particularly in GBA1-PD, are debated.

Navigated intraoperative ultrasound in neuro-oncology: volumetric accuracy and correlation with high-field MRI.

Objective: The use of intraoperative techniques to detect residual tumors has recently become increasingly important. Intraoperative MRI has long been considered the gold standard; however, it is not widely used because of high equipment costs and long acquisition times. Consequently, real-time intraoperative ultrasound (ioUS), which is much less expensive than MRI, has gained popularity.

Long-Term Results of Cortical Motor Stimulation for Neuropathic Peripheral and Central Pain: Real-World Evidence From Two Independent Centers.

Background And Objectives: Cortical motor stimulation (CMS) is used to modulate neuropathic pain. The literature supports its use; however, short follow-up studies might overestimate its real effect. This study brings real-world evidence from two independent centers about CMS methodology and its long-term outcomes.

Long-term outcomes of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant schizophrenia: Exploring potential targets.

Background: Schizophrenia is a complex and disabling disorder. Around 30% of patients have treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS).

Objective: This study summarizes the outcomes after three years follow-up of the first series of patients with TRS treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS) and discuss surgical, clinical and imaging analysis.

Long-Term Results of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Outcome Analysis and Correlation With Lead Position and Electrical Parameters.

Background: Long-term efficacy and mechanisms of action of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) are under investigation.

Objective: To compare long-term outcomes with active electrode's coordinates and its electrical parameters in patients with TRD treated with DBS in the subgenual cingulate gyrus (SCG-DBS).

Methods: Seventeen patients with TRD underwent SCG-DBS.

Neuronavigated Ultrasound in Neuro-Oncology: A True Real-Time Intraoperative Image.

Objective: Ultrasound is considered a real-time imaging method in neuro-oncology because of its highly rapid image acquisition time. However, to our knowledge, there are no studies that analyze the additional surgical time that it requires.

Methods: A prospective study of 100 patients who underwent intra-axial brain tumor resection with navigated intraoperative ultrasound.

Intracavernous Branches of the Internal Carotid Artery Through an Endoscopic Endonasal Approach: Anatomical Study and Review of the Literature.

Objective: The endoscopic endonasal transcavernous (EET) approach is an increasingly popular approach for the cavernous sinus and surrounding structure lesions as well as a surgical corridor to pre-mesencephalic cisterns. This endoscopic study describes the main intracavernous branches of the internal carotid artery, providing nuances to improve the safety of this approach.

Material And Methods: Forty-six fresh cavernous sinus (23 heads) were injected with colored silicon and studied via an EET approach; 6 were excluded due to insufficient injection.

Intraoperative Use and Benefits of Tractography in Awake Surgery Patients.

Objective: The present study analyzed the benefits of the use of tractography in the preoperative and intraoperative scenarios.

Methods: We present a prospective cohort study with 2 groups of patients who had undergone awake surgery for brain tumor resection. A control group for which no intraoperative navigated diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was used (non-DTI group) and the case group (DTI group).

Occipital nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation for refractory cluster headache: a prospective analysis of efficacy over time.

Objective: Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) are widely used surgical treatments for chronic refractory cluster headache (CH). However, there is little literature regarding long-term follow-up of these treatments.

Methods: The authors describe two prospective cohorts of patients with refractory CH treated with ONS and DBS and compare preoperative to postoperative status at 6 and 12 months after the surgery and at final follow-up.