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. 2025 Aug;40(8):1740-1741.
doi: 10.1002/mds.30270. Epub 2025 Jun 23.

Lesion of the Subthalamic Nucleus Should Not be Labeled "Subthalamotomy"; A Plea for Anatomical Accuracy and Compliance with Historical Legacy

Marwan Hariz  1   2 , Jean Régis  3   4 , Ludvic Zrinzo  2 , Marie T Krueger  2 , Harith Akram  2 , Patric Blomstedt  1
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Lesion of the Subthalamic Nucleus Should Not be Labeled "Subthalamotomy"; A Plea for Anatomical Accuracy and Compliance with Historical Legacy

Marwan Hariz et al. Mov Disord. 2025 Aug.
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Keywords: focused ultrasound; stereotactic lesion; subthalamic nucleotomy; subthalamotomy.

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FIG. 1
Coronal view of the thalamus and posterior subthalamus on the right hemisphere. The area in green depicts locations for thalamotomies and subthalamotomies (green contour). The red nucleus (Ru) is outlined in red. The subthalamic nucleus (Sth) is indicated in yellow. The blue line corresponds to the level of the intercommissural line and delineates the thalamus from the subthalamus. [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
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