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 specific 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)