Pitfalls in precision stereotactic surgery

Pitfalls in adrenal surgery

In the last recent years the widespread use of imaging studies enabled an increasing diagnosis of adrenal incidentalomas, the current incidence ranging from 1% to 5%. Although errors and pitfalls are frequent in the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal diseases, they are surprisingly not reported adequately in the literature (1-5). Analyzing these cases provides a very formative opportunity with ...

Stereotactic surgery for eating disorders

EATING DISORDERS (EDS) ARE A GROUP OF SEVERELY IMPAIRED EATING BEHAVIORS, WHICH INCLUDE THREE SUBGROUPS: anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and ED not otherwise specified (EDNOS). The precise mechanism of EDs is still unclear and the disorders cause remarkable agony for the patients and their families. Although there are many available treatment methods for EDs today, such as family t...

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Pearls and pitfalls in surgery for endometrioma.

Endometrioma surgery should be planned and executed very carefully as it is associated with risks that may hamper future reproductive potential. Symptoms, age, risk of malignancy, bilaterality, ovarian reserve, and desire to have children should all be taken into account prior to surgical intervention. Cyclic and noncyclic severe pain may be an indicator or deep infiltrating diseases. Laparosco...

Stereotactic surgery: a note on instrumentation.

Stereotactic surgical instruments have developed along two lines. The more traditional and accurate machines were devised by Spiegel and Wycis (1952), Spiegel, Wycis, Marks, and Lee (1947), Bailey and Stein (1951), Talairach, HeI-{aen, David, Monnier, and Ajuriaguerra (1949), Leksell (1949), Riechert, and Mundinger (1954), and others. Most of these machines are fixed to the skull for stability,...