Shift of the Brain during Functional Neurosurgery.
- Author:
Suk Min KIM
1
;
Hyung Sik HWANG
;
Antonio De SALLES
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. hyungsik99@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Parkinson's disease;
Stereotactic target;
Air volume;
Brain shift
- MeSH:
Brain*;
Cerebral Palsy;
Dystonia;
Electrophysiology;
Essential Tremor;
Humans;
Male;
Neurosurgery*;
Parkinson Disease;
Pneumocephalus
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2005;38(5):359-365
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The study investigates the extent of brain shift and its effect on the accuracy of the stereotaxic procedure. METHODS: Thirty-five patients underwent 40stereotactic procedures between June 2002 and March 2004. There were 26 males, mean age 59years old. There were 34procedures for Parkinson's disease, 2 for essential tremor, 3 for cerebral palsy, 1 for dystonia. Patients were divided in four groups based on postoperative pneumocephalus: under 5cc (9 procedures), between 5~10cc (13procedures), between 10~15cc (11procedures) and more than 15cc (7procedures). The coordinates of the anterior commissure(AC), posterior commissure(PC), and target were defined in pre-and intraoperative magnetic resonance image scans and the amount of air volume was measured with @Target (BrainLab, Heimstetten, Germany). RESULTS: The mean AC-PC was 26.5mm for patients with less than 5cc, 26.9mm for 5~10cc, 25.8mm for 10~15cc and 26.2mm for more than 15cc. The length of AC-PC line and coordinates of AC, PC was also not statistically different, Euclidean distance as well as delta x, delta y, delta z of AC, PC, and target were also not statistically different among the groups (p<0.1). There was a variance in target of 0.7~7.6mm, Euclidean distance of 2.5mm, related to electrophysiology but not to brain-shift. CONCLUSION: The amount of air accumulated in the intracranial space and compressing the cortical surface has no effect on the localization of subcortical stereotactic target and landmarks.
