What is Functional Neurosurgery?
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery is a branch of neurosurgery that utilizes dedited structural and functional neuroimaging to identify and target discrete areas of the brain and to perform speciļ¬c interventions (for example ablation, neurostimulation, neuromodulation, neurotransplantation, and others) using dedicated instruments and machinery in order to relieve a variety of symptoms of neurological and other disorders and to improve function of both the structurally normal and abnormal nervous system
(Contemporary Definition by Members of the WSSFN and ESSFN)