Newswise — Rolling Meadows, IL (June 1, 2024). The June issue of Neurosurgical Focus (Vol. 56, No.
6 [ https://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus/56/6/neurosurg-focus.56.
issue-6.xml ]) presents 16 articles and one editorial on functional neurosurgery for spasticity and other movement disorders. Topic Editors: Kim J.
Burchiel, Francisco Ponce, Albert Lee, Ahmed M. Raslan, Sharona Ben-Haim, and Marc Sindou From the Topic Editors’ introduction: “Functional neurosurgery typically refers to the surgical treatment of epilepsy, movement disorders, and pain, although as this edition of Neurosurgical Focus exemplifies, the treatment of spasticity is also a vitally important aspect of this subspecialty..
.. We anticipate that the select articles in this issue will make an impact on the practice and future research, standing on the shoulders of the surgical forerunners that created the discipline of functional neurosurgery.
” Contents of the June issue: “Introduction. Functional neurosurgery for pain and movement disorders with a special emphasis on spasticity” by Kim J. Burchiel et al.
“History and evolution of surgical treatment for spasticity: a journey from neurotomy to selective dorsal rhizotomy” by Jorge Cespedes et al. “Neurosurgical treatment of spasticity: a potential return to the cerebellum” by Daniel D. Cummins et al.
“Evaluation of the long-term effect of selective tibial neurotomy for the treatment of spastic foot using a personal goal-cente.
