SUMMARY: 14 patients with a mean postoperative follow-up of 40.6 ± 30 months. DBS ended the dystonic storm in 87.5% of cases (7/8), while pallidotomy had a success rate of 83.3% (5/6). No significant differences were observed between the two …
SUMMARY: The authors investigated 26 consecutive ET patients who received DBS in cZi using a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery covering the major cognitive domains preop. and 12 months postop. There were no major adverse effects on patient performance on the …
SUMMARY: A 16 year old girl with severe generalized fixed dystonia that was refractory to bilateral pallidotomy and intrathecal baclofen therapy received 4 DBS leads, 2 through the bilateral superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP) and 2 in the dentate nuclei (DN). …
SUMMARY: A 91-year-old man with essential tremor was offered all available treatment modalities and opted for a radiofrequency thalamotomy. A left thalamic target with coordinates 11.5 mm lateral to the wall of the third ventricle, 8 mm anterior to the …
SUMMARY: Eleven patients underwent unilateral pallidothalamic tractotomy, including 5 with generalized dystonia, 4 with segmental dystonia, and 2 with cervical dystonia. All patients had undergone unilateral pallidotomy before the contralateral pallidothalamic tractotomy. The mean interval between the previous surgery (pallidotomy) …
SUMMARY: a patient with Wilson’s disease whose major problems were severe arm tremors and left arm dystonia underwent bilateral PSA-DBS with excellent results on both tremor and dystonia at 3 years follow up. COMMENTS: Another indication for use of the …
SUMMARY: Lead orientation was analyzed in 100 consecutive patients (198 Cartesia BSc leads). Different anatomical targets and intraoperative setups were compared. Results: Deviations of up to 90° from the intended implantation direction were observed. Deviations of more than 30° were …
SUMMARY: 9 patients who had been proficient swimmers even after their PD diagnosis lost their ability to swim after STN DBS. Otherwise they had good effect of DBS even on gait. The authors speculate that maybe DBS affects the supplementary …
SUMMARY: A female patient with left-dominant Parkinson’s disease with motor fluctuations and dyskinesias and comorbid long-standing, pharmacologically refractory, and severe postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) underwent a right-sided pallidotomy. Besides a substantial improvement in her Parkinson’s symptoms, she reported an immediate and …
SUMMARY: Here LFPs were recorded from the GPi in 9 dystonia patients when stim was off, showing correlation between low frequency activity (3-12 Hz) and symptom severity. Beta band activity (13-30Hz) did not show such correlation. The authors conclude that …