Brain tumors
- Participating in phase 2 trials of the direct infusion of
a radioactive monocolonal antibody (??TNT) into malignant
astrocytomas and glioblastomas
- Participating in the brain tumor trials of the Children's
Oncology Group
Neurogenic Hypertension
- Epidemiologic and intraoperative physicologic studies on
brain initiated causes of high blood pressure
Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Participating in a clinical trial of thrombolysis for intraventricular
hemorrhage
- Participating in a clinical trial of surgery for intracerebral
hemorrhage
Hydrocephalus
- Participating in a study of a new adjustable value for treating
hydrocephalus
Behavioral Neurosurgery
- Participating in a study of stimulation for affective disorders
Clinical research methods in neurosurgery
- Developing better techniques for understanding neurosurgical
disease and its treatments
The Department has extensive experience in the use of spinal
cord stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain. It is currently
developing experimental protocols to evaluate the use of this
therapy for the treatment of intractable angina pectoris and ischemic
limb pain due to atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease.
It is also involved in studying the infusion of selected drugs
into the spine for the treatment of pain. The Department is particularly
interested in the treatment pain following spinal cord injury,
pain following nerve injury, post-herpetic neuralgia, phantom
limb pain, and pain following stroke.
