Psychiatric mimics of neurosurgical disorders.

Every year there are about 22.6 million people in need of neurosurgical care around the world, and one or several interventions are required to save lives and restore functional losses in more than half of these cases (13.8 million).

Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Patients with Parkinson Disease with Prior Pallidotomy or Thalamotomy.

To evaluate the efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN DBS) in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) who previously underwent lesioning of the basal ganglia. The study included 22 patients who underwent STN DBS. Eleven patients had undergone prior unilateral pallidotomy ( = 6) or VL/VIM thalamotomy ( = 5) while the other 11 patients had not.