Acquired stuttering after pallidal deep brain stimulation for dystonia
✍ Scribed by Adelheid Nebel; Rene Reese; Günther Deuschl; Hubertus-Maximilian Mehdorn; Jens Volkmann
- Book ID
- 106207492
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 111 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-1463
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## Abstract Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the internal globus pallidus (GPi) and ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus (VIM) are established treatment options in primary dystonia and tremor syndromes and have been reported anecdotally to be efficacious in myoclonus‐dystonia (MD). We investigated
## Abstract We report the case of a patient with medically refractory primary dystonia who was treated with bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation. Stimulation at 130 Hz or higher, by means of the more ventral contacts generated capsular side effects, which made their use impractical. Consequent