Deep Brain Stimulation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199543712 ISBN 13: 9780199543717

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is increasingly used for the treatment of patients with severe Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, but the technique and science behind it is still poorly understood by most clinicians. This book is intended to provide an overview of the use of deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and to provide an introduction to the developing areas of DBS for psychiatric disease. The first part of the book covers the varying surgical techniques involved in implanting electrodes into various deep nuclei within the brain. The neurophysiological techniques involved in this process and the complex issue of programming the implanted stimulator in order to optimize therapeutic efficacy and minimize stimulation induced adverse effects. The second part of the book describes how to select appropriate patients for DBS and describes the results of DBS treatment for Parkinson's disease, dystonia and various tremors, as well as psychiatric conditions. Edited by three of the world's leading experts in the DBS field, this pocketbook provides neurologists, trainees, and specialist nurses with an overview of the therapeutics use of DBS.

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About the Author

Dr. Peter Bain is Reader in Clinical Neurology in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Imperial College London, UK. Tipu Aziz is Professor of Neurosurgery in the Nuffield Department of Surgery at the University of Oxford, UK. Dr. Xuguang Liu is Consultant in Surgical Neurophysiology in the Department of Neurosciences at Imperial College London, UK. Dipankar Nandi is Consultant Neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosciences at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199543712
• ISBN 13: 9780199543717
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Bain Peter, Aziz Tipu, Liu Xuguang, Nandi Dipankar