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ABSTRACT: The CLECOS_P system was conceived for registering and automating the processing of clinical evaluations performed on patients with Parkinson's disease who undergo functional neurosurgery and/or neural transplant. CLECOS_P represents the first time a computerized system is able to offer--with high precision and considerable time-savings--an integral analysis of the evolutive behavior of the universe in integrated variables at the core assessment program for intracerebral transplantations (CAPIT). CAPIT is used internationally for the evaluation and follow-up of patients with this pathology who have undergone neural transplant. We used the so-called MEDSAC methodology for the preparation of this system. The methodology that was used for the design of an intelligent system aimed at medical decision-making was based on the quantitative analysis of the clinical evolution. At the present moment, there are 20 patients controlled by this system: 11 bilaterally transplanted, 9 unilaterally (registered in ranks of 3 months before operation up to 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months after operation). The application of CLECOS_P to these patients permitted the evaluation of 400 clinical variables, where a better evolutive characterization of the patients was obtained, thus getting most favorable results with personalized therapeutic methods aimed at raising their quality of life. CLECOS_P is used in a multi-user environment on a local area network running Novell Netware version 3.11.
Medinfo. MEDINFO. 02/1995; 8 Pt 1:626-30.
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ABSTRACT: This paper summarizes the results of three controlled clinical trials related to the transplantation of embryonic ventral mesencephalic tissue into the striatum of 46 idiopathic parkinsonian patients exhibiting motor complications on standard levodopa therapy. From January 1988 to April 1990, 30 subjects with fluctuating Parkinson's disease received fetal dopaminergic tissue implants by the open microsurgical technique. In March 1992 the stereotactic approach was adopted for successive fetal mesencephalic cell suspension transplants (7 unilateral and 9 bilateral) into the caudate and putamen of parkinsonian patients with levodopa-induced complex fluctuations and dyskinesias. The neurological assessment performed 12 months before and 3-18 months after transplantation demonstrated a reduction of both the daily time spent in the 'off' condition and the number of daily 'off' periods, and a significant improvement of the motor scale. The stereotactic selective thalamotomy with microelectrode recording was introduced in January 1993, in order to provide a further potential treatment strategy; i.e., the combination of the two surgical trends in Parkinson's disease, the restorative neurotransplantation technique, and the selective lesional approach. In addition to that, microelectrode recording is also used for implantation site selection and functional characterization.
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 02/1994; 62(1-4):204-8. · 1.85 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: From March 1991 to September 1993, 26 patients (aged 4-78 years) with brain tumors (4 glioblastoma multiforme, 10 nonglioblastoma multiforme, 1 mixed oligoastrocytoma, 2 carniopharyngiomas, 2 meningiomas and 7 metastases) were treated with stereotactic techniques at the Centro Internacional de Restauración Neurológica, La Habana, Cuba. A total of 28 stereotactic surgical procedures were performed with no operative mortality; they included biopsies in all cases, 1 stereotactic microsurgical resection and 12 permanent implants of 192Ir, followed by external beam fractionated radiation therapy (40-60 Gy). The present paper shows that the combined use of a stereotactic approach, a comprehensive and reliable stereotactic dosimetric planning system, stereotactic brachytherapy with 192Ir and complementary percutaneous radiation treatment constitutes a promising strategy for brain tumor management.
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 02/1994; 63(1-4):52-5. · 1.85 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In March 1993, a patient with idiopathic Parkinson disease who had received an adrenal brain autograft 6 years before underwent bilateral stereotactic transplantation of a mesencephalic cell suspension into the striatum, in order to prevent further deterioration in his neurological condition. During the CT-guided surgical planning and the transplantation procedures, electrophysiological evidence of the adrenal graft viability was assessed. Based on these findings, we drew the preliminary conclusion that the chromaffin tissue implanted in April 1987 is still functional, which explains the clinical evolution of this patient during the postoperative long-term follow-up.
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 02/1994; 62(1-4):148-51. · 1.85 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A further trial of CT-oriented microrecording guided stereotactic selective thalamotomy was conducted at the Centro Internacional de Restauración Neurológica, Havana City as treatment of resting tremor in 11 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), and in 3 other patients with intentional tremor associated with multisystemic atrophy and cerebral palsy. Three of the parkinsonian patients had undergone fetal mesencephalic tissue transplantation with significant improvement of the most debilitating symptoms of PD and stabilization of the motor state, but predominantly unilateral tremor had impaired them progressively despite increased levodopa doses. A Leksell frame was used with a novel surgical planning system and electrophysiological recordings to identify the optimal target point inside the ventralis intermedius. In all but 1 case, the tremor was totally arrested. No persistent complications were observed.
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 02/1994; 62(1-4):200-3. · 1.85 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report our preliminary results related to CT-guided stereotactic transplantation of foetal ventral mesencephalic cell suspension into the striatum of five patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. The mean age was 51 years, the evolution time of the disease ranged from 7 to 14 years, and all of them had motor complications associated with chronic L-dopa therapy. The patients were evaluated according to the Core Assessment Program for Intracerebral Transplantations (CAPIT) for one year before and three months after surgery. The postoperative clinical assessment demonstrated significant improvement of neurological symptoms and reduction of daily L-dopa dosage.
Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement 02/1993; 58:17-9.
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L Alvarez,
H Molina,
R. Quiñones,
J. L. Muñoz,
C González,
J. C. García, I Ortega,
C Suárez,
O Torres,
M. Rachid,
L. Bonet,
F. Tejeda,
M. León,
F. Araújo
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H Molina,
R. Quiñones,
L Alvarez, I Ortega,
J. L. Muńoz,
C González,
K. de la Cuétera,
O Torres,
C Suárez,
M. León,
M. J. Rojas,
M. Rachid,
R Macías,
J. C. García,
N Pavón,
L Lorigados,
O. Castellanos,
O. Hernández
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H Molina,
R. Quiñones,
L Alvarez,
C Suárez, I Ortega,
J. L. Muñoz,
M. Rachid,
O Torres,
M. León,
J. C. García,
R Macías,
L Lorigados,
T. Perry,
J Piedra,
C González,
F. Araújo,
O. Hernández
