The safety and efficacy of subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients who have had a previous unilateral pallidotomy is not clear. We identified 10 patients (9 male) at the Baylor College of Medicine Parkinson's Disease Center who underwent STN DBS after prior unilateral pall
Bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in a parkinsonian patient with previous unilateral pallidotomy and thalamotomy
✍ Scribed by Elena Moro; Rianne A. J. Esselink; Nadège Van Blercom; Elena Caputo; Pierre Pollak; Patricia Limousin; Marwan I. Hariz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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