Resurgence of functional neurosurgery fo
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Dr. J. D. Speelman; D. A. Bosch
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The history of functional neurosurgery for the treatment of Parkinson's disease is reviewed. Two major stages may be distinguished: (1) open functional neurosurgery, which started in 1921 with bilateral cervical rhizotomy by Leriche. In 1937 Bucy performed the first motor cortectomy in