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Patterns of failure of deep brain stimulation
T Prokop, G Nikkhah, M Brock, C Ostertag · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2005 · Heft 03
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The importance of Deep Brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of movement disorders is still growing. Many reports have been published so far on safety and effectiveness of DBS. For Parkinson symptoms STN has been determined as the target of choice, for tremor dominant disorders the VIM and the Gpi for dystonia. In order to evaluate predictors for the outcome of DBS we retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the cases of failure of DBS surgery. Between 1996 and 2004 303 deep brain electrodes were implanted in 166 patients in two centres. Parkinson's disease (PD) was found in 94 patients, of which the first 8 PD…
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Movement Disorders
Dementia
Movement
Atrophy
Aktuelle Neurologie
