Comorbid seizure reduction after pallidothalamic tractotomy for movement disorders: Revival of Jinnai’s Forel‐H‐tomy

Abstract Forel‐H‐tomy for intractable epilepsy was introduced by Dennosuke Jinnai in the 1960s. Recently, Forel‐H‐tomy was renamed to “pallidothalamic tractotomy” and revived for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and dystonia. Two of our patients with movement disorders and comorbid epilepsy...

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Main Authors: Shiro Horisawa, Satoru Miyao, Tomokatsu Hori, Kotaro Kohara, Takakazu Kawamata, Takaomi Taira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-03-01
Series:Epilepsia Open
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12467