Bilateral stimulation of globus pallidus internus for treatment of cervical dystonia
β Scribed by Joachim K Krauss; Thomas Pohle; Sabine Weber; Christoph Ozdoba; Jean-Marc Burgunder
- Book ID
- 117313108
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 354
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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## Abstract Tardive dystonia is a disabling movement disorder as a consequence of exposure to neuroleptic drugs. We followed 6 patients with medically refractory tardive dystonia treated by bilateral globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for 21 Β± 18 months. At last followβup,
## Abstract We report the results of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) in 12 patients with childhoodβonset generalized dystonia refractory to medication, including 3 patients with status dystonicus. There were 8 patients who had DYT1βnegative primary dystonia, 1 had
## Abstract A pathophysiological feature of dystonia is reduced inhibition at various levels of the nervous system, which may be detected in clinically unaffected body parts. Chronic deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) has emerged as an effective treatment for primary