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How I do it: Selective femoral neurotomy Open

Pierre Petitet, Corentin Dauleac, Camilla de Laurentis, Patrick Mertens · 2025

Background Quadriceps spasticity is responsible for a gait disturbance characterized by stiff knee with reduced knee flexion during the swing phase. Selective Femoral Neurotomy induces long-term muscle relaxation via a decrease of the stre…

SPIDOL study protocol for the assessment of intrathecal ziconotide antalgic efficacy for severe refractory neuropathic pain due to spinal cord lesions Open

Andrei Brînzeu, Julien Berthiller, Nathalie Perreton, Fabien Subtil, Caroline Gervaise , et al. · 2024

Value of Spinal Cord Diffusion Imaging and Tractography in Providing Predictive Factors for Tumor Resection in Patients with Intramedullary Tumors: A Pilot Study Open

Corentin Dauleac, Timothée Jacquesson, Carole Frindel, Nathalie André‐Obadia, François Ducray , et al. · 2024

This pilot study aimed to investigate the interest of high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) and tractography of the spinal cord (SC) in the management of patients with intramedullary tumors by providing predictive elements for …

Atlas‐guided brain projection tracts: From regions of interest to tractography <span>3D</span> rendering Open

Corentin Dauleac, Patrick Mertens, Carole Frindel, Timothée Jacquesson, François Cotton · 2024

The use of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has seen significant development over the last two decades, in particular with the development of the tractography of association tracts for preoperative planning of surgery. However, projection tr…

Evaluation of the long-term effect of selective tibial neurotomy for the treatment of spastic foot using a personal goal-centered approach Open

Corentin Dauleac, Jacques Luauté, Gilles Rode, M. Sindou, Patrick Mertens · 2024

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of selective tibial neurotomy (STN) for the treatment of the spastic foot using a goal-centered approach. METHODS Between 2011 and 2018, adult patients with …

Field recordings of transcranial magnetic stimulation in human brain postmortem models Open

Charles Quesada, Camille Fauchon, Benjamin Pommier, Florian Bergandi, Roland Peyron , et al. · 2024

Introduction: The ability of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to deliver a magnetic field (MF) in deep brain targets is debated and poorly documented. Objective: To quantify the decay of MF in the human brain. Methods: M…

Revitalizing neurosurgical frontiers: The EANS frontiers in neurosurgery committee's strategic framework Open

Aaron Lawson McLean, Ignazio G. Vetrano, Anna C. Lawson McLean, Alfredo Conti, Patrick Mertens , et al. · 2024

The potential decrease in neurosurgical involvement in certain specialties warrants attention. This paper emphasizes the importance of carefully considered responses by neurosurgical societies, such as the EANS, to ensure neurosurgeons con…

Educational stereoscopic representation of a step-by-step brain white fiber dissection according to Klingler's method Open

Timothée Jacquesson, Idriss Djarouf, Émile Simon, Claire Haegelen, Patrick Mertens , et al. · 2023

Background Understanding and teaching the three-dimensional architecture of the brain remains difficult because of the intricate arrangement of grey nuclei within white matter tracts. Although cortical area functions have been well studied…

Spinal cord tractography and neuromonitoring-based surgical strategy for intramedullary ependymoma Open

Corentin Dauleac, Sébastien Boulogne, François Cotton, Patrick Mertens · 2023

Because the spinal cord contains a rich concentration of longitudinal and transversal fibers in a very small area, intramedullary surgery could result in a high likelihood of morbidity. In this video, the authors demonstrate the microsurgi…

Animal Feasibility Study of a Novel Spinal Cord Stimulation Multicolumn Lead (Heron Lead) Open

Patrick Mertens, Maria Celeste Cantone, Alessandro Antonini, S. Ferrari, Valentina Ferpozzi , et al. · 2023

Our study concluded that the Heron lead is safe to implant, with a safety profile similar to the control article. Additionally, we conclude that the Heron lead is effective in reducing lead migration events.

Combining Awake Anesthesia with Minimal Invasive Surgery Optimizes Intraoperative Surgical Spinal Cord Stimulation Lead Placement Open

Philippe Rigoard, Amine Ounajim, Lisa Goudman, Chantal Wood, Manuel Roulaud , et al. · 2022

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an effective and validated treatment to address chronic refractory neuropathic pain in persistent spinal pain syndrome-type 2 (PSPS-T2) patients. Surgical SCS lead placement is traditionally performed under…

Combining Awake Anesthesia with Minimal Invasive Surgery Optimizes Intraoperative Surgical Spinal Cord Stimulation Lead Placement Open

Philippe Rigoard, Amine Ounajim, Lisa Goudman, Chantal Wood, Manuel Roulaud , et al. · 2022

Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) is an effective and validated treatment to address chronic refractory neuropathic pain in Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome-Type 2 (PSPS-T2) patients. Surgical SCS lead placement is traditionally performed under…

Limbic Stimulation Drives Mania in <span>STN‐DBS</span> in Parkinson Disease: A Prospective Study Open

Stéphane Prange, Zhengyu Lin, Mikaïl Nourredine, Téodor Danaila, Chloé Laurencin , et al. · 2022

In this one‐year prospective study, Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with or without mania following STN‐DBS were compared to investigate risk and etiological factors, clinical management and consequences. Eighteen (16.2%) out of 111 cons…

eDOL mHealth App and Web Platform for Self-monitoring and Medical Follow-up of Patients With Chronic Pain: Observational Feasibility Study Open

Nicolas Kerckhove, Noémie Delage, Sébastien Cambier, N. Cantagrel, É. Serra , et al. · 2021

Background Chronic pain affects approximately 30% of the general population, severely degrades quality of life (especially in older adults) and professional life (inability or reduction in the ability to work and loss of employment), and l…

Blondel – Vom Minnesänger zum Musical-Popstar Open

Patrick Mertens · 2021

Blondel - Vom Minnesänger zum Musical-Popstar Open

Patrick Mertens · 2021

eDOL mHealth App and Web Platform for Self-monitoring and Medical Follow-up of Patients With Chronic Pain: Observational Feasibility Study (Preprint) Open

Nicolas Kerckhove, Noémie Delage, Sébastien Cambier, N. Cantagrel, É. Serra , et al. · 2021

BACKGROUND Chronic pain affects approximately 30% of the general population, severely degrades quality of life (especially in older adults) and professional life (inability or reduction in the ability to work and loss of employment), and …

Microsurgical DREZ lesions for the control of cancer-related pain Open

Edoardo Mazzucchi, Andrei Brînzeu, Patrick Mertens, M. Sindou · 2020

Pain in patients with cancer is a major problem, and sometimes it is necessary to surgically interrupt pain pathways to effectively control refractory pain. Surgical lesion of the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) was first performed in 1972 f…

Procedures performed during neurosurgery residency in Europe Open

Martin N. Stienen, Christian F. Freyschlag, Karl Schaller, Torstein R. Meling, Amir Al-Amin , et al. · 2020

Background In a previous article ( 10.1007/s00701-019-03888-3 ), preliminary results of a survey, aiming to shed light on the number of surgical procedures performed and assisted during neurosurgery residency in Europe were reported. We he…

Modeling the Distribution of Normal Data in Pre-Trained Deep Features\n for Anomaly Detection Open

Oliver Rippel, Patrick Mertens, Dorit Merhof · 2020

Anomaly Detection (AD) in images is a fundamental computer vision problem and\nrefers to identifying images and image substructures that deviate significantly\nfrom the norm. Popular AD algorithms commonly try to learn a model of normality…

Feasibility of changing for a rechargeable constant current neurostimulator in Parkinson's disease Open

Thomas Wirth, Chloé Laurencin, J. Berthillier, Andrei Brînzeu, G. Polo , et al. · 2020

The importance of somatotopy to achieve clinical benefit in motor cortex stimulation for pain relief Open

A. Afif, Luis Garcı́a-Larrea, Patrick Mertens · 2019

Anatomical and Histological Analysis of a Complex Structure Too Long Considered a Simple Ligament: The Filum Terminale Open

Thiébaud Picart, Marc Barritault, Émile Simon, Philip Robinson, Cédric Barrey , et al. · 2019

Quality of life predicts outcome of deep brain stimulation in early Parkinson disease Open

W.M. Michael Schuepbach, Lisa Tonder, Alfons Schnitzler, Paul Krack, Jörn Rau , et al. · 2019

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Spinal cord stimulation for chronic refractory pain: Long‐term effectiveness and safety data from a multicentre registry Open

Andrei Brînzeu, Emmanuel Cuny, Denys Fontaine, Patrick Mertens, Pierre‐Philippe Luyet , et al. · 2018

Background Spinal cord stimulation ( SCS ) is an established therapy for refractory neuropathic pain. To ascertain the balance between treatment benefits and risks, the French National Authority for Health requested a post‐market registry …

Postoperative apathy can neutralise benefits in quality of life after subthalamic stimulation for Parkinson's disease Open

Raúl Martínez‐Fernández, Pierre Pélissier, Jean-Louis Quésada, Hélène Klinger, Eugénie Lhommée , et al. · 2015

The development of apathy after STN-DBS can cancel out the benefits of motor improvement in terms of HRQoL. Systematic evaluation and management of apathy occurring after subthalamic stimulation appears mandatory.

Traitement neurochirurgical de la douleur chronique Open

Denys Fontaine, S. Blond, Patrick Mertens, Michel Lantéri‐Minet · 2015

Neurosurgical treatment of pain used two kind of techniques: 1) Lesional techniques interrupt the transmission of nociceptive neural input by lesionning the nociceptive pathways (drezotomy, cordotomy, tractotomy…). They are indicated to tr…

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