Minimizing brain shift in stereotactic functional neurosurgery

• Brain shift has long been considered an issue in stereotactic targeting during DBS procedures. However, with the image-guided approach and surgical technique used in this study, subcortical brain shift was extremely limited and did not appear to adversely affect clinical outcome.

Keyword

Brain deformation

Brain shift

Deep brain stimulation

Parkinson disease

Stereotactic surgery

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