Publications
here is a list of manuscripts in the field of functional neurosurgery and neuromodulation from our department
2024
Kurt E, Kollenburg L, van Dongen R, Volkers R, Mulleners W, Vinke S. The Untold Story of Occipital Nerve Stimulation in Patients With Cluster Headache: Surgical Technique in Relation to Clinical Efficacy. Neuromodulation. 2024 Jan;27(1):22-35. doi: 10.1016/j.neurom.2023.10.005. Epub 2023 Nov 30. PMID: 38032594
Kollenburg L, Kurt E, Arnts H, Vinke S. Cingulotomy: the last man standing in the battle against medically refractory poststroke pain. Pain Rep. 2024 Mar 22;9(2):e1149. doi: 10.1097
Qing Zhao Ruan, Jason Chang, Daniel Pak, Rajesh Supra, Cyrus Yazdi, Linda Kollenburg, Erkan Kurt, David Reece, Alexandra C. G. Fonseca, Alaa Abd‑Elsayed, Christopher L. Robinson. Literature Review: Mechanism, Indications, and Clinical Efficacy of Peripheral Nerve Stimulators in Lower Extremity Pain. Curr Pain Headache Rep (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11916-024-01240-8
2023
Streumer J, Selvaraj AK, Kurt E, Bloem BR, Esselink RAJ, Bartels RHMA, Georgiev D, Vinke RS. Does spinal cord stimulation improve gait in Parkinson’s disease: A comprehensive review. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023 Apr;109:105331. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105331. Epub 2023 Feb 27. PMID: 36868910
Kurt E, Volkers RW, Engels Y, Mulleners WM, Witkam RL, van Dongen RTM. A qualitative study on the long-term effectiveness of occipital nerve stimulation in patients with chronic cluster headache. Headache. 2023 Nov-Dec;63(10):1458-1461. doi: 10.1111/head.14646. Epub 2023 Nov 7. PMID: 37933777
Brandt RB, Wilbrink LA, de Coo IF, Haan J, Mulleners WM, Huygen FJPM, van Zwet EW, Ferrari MD, Fronczek R; ICON study group. A prospective open label 2-8 year extension of the randomised controlled ICON trial on the long-term efficacy and safety of occipital nerve stimulation in medically intractable chronic cluster headache. EBioMedicine. 2023 Dec;98:104895. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104895. Epub 2023 Nov 25. PMID: 38007947; PMCID: PMC10755111.
Witkam RL, Kragt EAM, Arnts IJJ, Bronkhorst EM, van Dongen R, Kurt E, Steegers MAH, van Haren FGAM, Maandag NJG, Gort C, Henssen DJHA, Wegener JT, Vissers KCP. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: to Trial or Not to Trial? J Pain. 2023 Jul;24(7):1298-1306. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.02.032. Epub 2023 Mar 4. PMID: 3687838,
2022
Richard L. Witkam, Marije L. Buijse, Inge J.J. Arnts, Dylan J.H.A. Henssen, Kris C.P. Vissers, Robert van Dongen, Erkan Kurt, Surgical Paddle Electrode Implantation as a Rescue Therapy to Failed Percutaneous Leads in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Patients, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, Volume 25, Issue 5, 2022, Pages 745-752, ISSN 1094-7159 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2022.01.012)
Rowald A, Komi S, Demesmaeker R, Baaklini E, Hernandez-Charpak SD, Paoles E, Montanaro H, Cassara A, Becce F, Lloyd B, Newton T, Ravier J, Kinany N, D’Ercole M, Paley A, Hankov N, Varescon C, McCracken L, Vat M, Caban M, Watrin A, Jacquet C, Bole-Feysot L, Harte C, Lorach H, Galvez A, Tschopp M, Herrmann N, Wacker M, Geernaert L, Fodor I, Radevich V, Van Den Keybus K, Eberle G, Pralong E, Roulet M, Ledoux JB, Fornari E, Mandija S, Mattera L, Martuzzi R, Nazarian B, Benkler S, Callegari S, Greiner N, Fuhrer B, Froeling M, Buse N, Denison T, Buschman R, Wende C, Ganty D, Bakker J, Delattre V, Lambert H, Minassian K, van den Berg CAT, Kavounoudias A, Micera S, Van De Ville D, Barraud Q, Kurt E, Kuster N, Neufeld E, Capogrosso M, Asboth L, Wagner FB, Bloch J, Courtine G. Activity-dependent spinal cord neuromodulation rapidly restores trunk and leg motor functions after complete paralysis. Nat Med. 2022 Feb;28(2):260-271. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01663-5. Epub 2022 Feb 7. PMID: 35132264
Erkan Kurt, Robin K. Noordhof, Robert van Dongen, Kris Vissers, Dylan Henssen, Yvonne Engels. Spinal Cord Stimulation in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: An Integrative Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 2022, ISSN 1094-7159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2021.11.013
Caro T.M. Edelbroek, Jan Willem Kallewaard, Inge D’eer, Erkan Kurt, Harold J.A. Nijhuis, Chris T.M. Terwiel, Tom W.G. van de Voort, Gusta M. de Vries-Fennis, Jitske Tiemensma, Frank Huygen. Dutch Consensus Paper: A Consensus View on the Place of Neurostimulation Within the Treatment Arsenal of Five Reimbursed Indications for Neurostimulation in The Netherlands, in Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, /2022, ISSN 1094-7159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2022.02.232
2021
R.K. Noordhof, J. Doorduin, D.J.H.A. Henssen, H. Moser, S. Vinke, E. Kurt. De DREZ-operatie:een laatste optie voor patiënten met plexus-brachialisavulsiepijn? In Tijdschrift Neurol Neurochir 2021;122(4):146-54
Leopoldine A Wilbrink, Ilse F de Coo, Patty G G Doesborg, Wim M Mulleners, Onno P M Teernstra, Eveline C Bartels, Katja Burger, Frank Wille, Robert T M van Dongen, Erkan Kurt, Geert H Spincemaille, Joost Haan, Erik W van Zwet, Frank J P M Huygen, Michel D Ferrari. Safety and efficacy of occipital nerve stimulation for attack prevention in medically intractable chronic cluster headache (ICON): a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3, electrical dose-controlled trial. In Lancet Neurol 2021; 20: 515–25
2020
Henssen, Dylan; Kurt, Erkan; van Walsum, Anne-Marie Van Cappellen; Kozicz, Tamas; van Dongen, Robert; Bartels, Ronald. Motor cortex stimulation in chronic neuropathic orofacial pain syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. In Scientific Reports . 4/28/2020, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p1-11. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64177-z
Ruben Volkers, Esmay Giesen, Maudy van der Heiden, Mijke Kerperien, Sibylle Lange, Erkan Kurt, Robert van Dongen, Dennis Schutter, Kris C. P. Vissers, Dylan Henssen. Invasive Motor Cortex Stimulation Influences Intracerebral Structures in Patients With Neuropathic Pain: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis of Imaging Data. In Neuromodulation : Journal of the International Neuromodulation Society. 2020 Feb. DOI: 10.1111/ner.13119.
Witkam, R.L., Kurt, E., van Dongen, R., Arnts, I., Steegers, M.A., Vissers, K.C., Henssen, D.J. and Engels, Y. (2020), Experiences From the Patient Perspective on Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Qualitatively Driven Mixed Method Analysis. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface. (doi:10.1111/ner.13277)
2019
Henssen D, Giesen E, van der Heiden M, Kerperien M, Lange S, v Cappellen van Walsum A, Kurt E, van Dongen R, Schutter D, Vissers K. A systematic review of the proposed mechanisms underpinning pain relief by primary motor cortex stimulation in animals. Neurosci Lett. 2019 Sep 10:134489.
(doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134489. Volume 719, 2020)
Henssen Dylan JHA, Weber Rosanna C, de Boef Jesse, Mollink Jeroen, Kozicz Tamas, Kurt Erkan, van Cappellen van Walsum Anne-Marie. Post-mortem 11.7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging vs. Polarized Light Imaging Microscopy to Measure the Angle and Orientation of Dorsal Root Afferents in the Human Cervical Dorsal Root Entry Zone. In Front. Neuroanat., 02 July 2019. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2019.00066
D.J.H.A.Henssen, W.Hoefsloot, P.S.M.Groenen, A.M.Van Cappellen van Walsum, E.Kurt, T.Kozicz, R.van Dongen, D.J.L.G.Schutter, R.H.M.A.Bartels. Bilateral vs. unilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat neuropathic orofacial pain: A pilot study. in Brain Stimulation, Published online: February 07, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2019.02.001)
Dylan J. H. A. Henssen, Jeroen Mollink, Erkan Kurt, Robert van Dongen, Ronald H.M.A. Bartels, David Graβel, Tamas Kozicz, Markus Axer, Anne‑Marie Van Cappellen van Walsum. Ex vivo visualization of the trigeminal pathways in the human brainstem using 11.7T diffusion MRI combined with microscopy polarized light imaging. In Brain Structure and Function (2019) 224:159–170
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-018-1767-1)
D.J.H.A. Henssen , R.L. Witkam , J.C.M.L. Dao , D.J. Comes , A.M. Van Cappellen van Walsum , T. Kozicz , Robert van Dongen , K. Vissers , R.H.M.A. Bartels , G. de Jong , E. Kurt , Systematic review and neural network analysis to define predictive variables in implantable motor cortex stimulation to treat chronic intractable pain. Journal of Pain (2019) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2019.02.004)
2018
D.J.H.A. Henssen, D. Kuppens, F.J.A. Meijer, A.M. v Cappellen v Walsum, Y. Temel, E. Kurt. Identification of the pedunculopontine nucleus and surrounding white matter tracts on 7T diffusion tensor imaging, combined with histological validation. in Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2018, published online 31 oct
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-018-2120-3)
Henssen DJHA, Kurt E, van Cappellen van Walsum A-M, Arnts I, Doorduin J, Kozicz T, Robert van Dongen, Ronald H. M. A. Bartels. “Long-term effect of motor cortex stimulation in patients suffering from chronic neuropathic pain: An observational study. in PLoSONE 13(1): e0191774, 2018 Jan 30;13(1)
(https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191774)
2017
Erkan Kurt, Dylan J.H.A. Henssen, Monique Steegers, Michiel Staal, Ulrich Beese, Joseph Maarrawi, Benoit Pirotte, Luis Garcia-Larrea, Dirk Rasche, Jan Vesper, Jan Holsheimer, Wim Duyvendak, Patrick Herregodts, Robert van Dongen, Maarten Moens. Motor Cortex Stimulation in Patients Suffering from Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Summary of an Expert Meeting and Pre-meeting Questionnaire, Combined with a Literature Review. in: World Neurosurg. (2017) 108:254-263
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.168)
Felix S. Gubler, Linda Ackermans, Pieter L. Kubben, Aysun Damci, Sarah Hescham, Mark L. Kuijf, Mayke Oosterloo, Jeroen Vermeulen, Ersoy Kocabicak, Erkan Kurt, Yasin Temel. Infections in deep brain stimulation: shaving versus not shaving. In Surg Neurol Int. 2017; 8: 249.
Dylan J.H.A. Henssen, Nicole Scheepers, Erkan Kurt, Inge Arnts, Monique Steegers, Kris Vissers, Robert van Dongen, Yvonne Engels. Patients’ Expectations on Spinal Cord Stimulation for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Qualitative Exploration. In Pain Pract. 2017 Jul 25 (doi: 10.1111/papr.12617)
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28742245)
2016
Erkan Kurt, Tess van Eijk, Dylan Henssen, Inge Arnts, Monique Steegers. Neuromodulation of the Suprascapular Nerve. Pain Physician 2016; 19:E235-E239
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26752491)
Dylan J. H. A. Henssen, Erkan Kurt, Tamas Kozicz, Robert van Dongen, Ronald H. M. A. Bartels and Anne-Marie van Cappellen van Walsum. New Insights in Trigeminal Anatomy: A Double Orofacial Tract for Nociceptive Input. In Front. Neuroanat., 10 May 2016
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861896)
2015
Ersoy Kocabicak, Onur Alptekin, Linda Ackermans, Pieter Kubben, Mark Kuijf, Erkan Kurt, Rianne Esselink and Yasin Temel. Is there still need for microelectrode recording now the subthalamic nucleus can be well visualized with high field and ultrahigh MR imaging? in Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 9:46, January 2015 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531226)
2009
K. Rijkers, J. van Aalst, E. Kurt et al. “Effect of spinal Cord Stimulation in type 1 Complex regional pain Syndrome with 2 rare severe cutaneous manifestations” In Journal of Neurosurgery, 2009 Feb;110(2):274-8
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18928361)