Long‐term results of a multicenter study on subthalamic and pallidal stimulation in Parkinson's disease

Moro, Elena; M. Lozano, Andrés; Pollak, Pierre; Agid, Yves; Rehncrona, Stig; Volkmann, Jens; Kulisevsky, Jaime; Á. Obeso, José; Albanese, Alberto; Hariz, Marwan; Quinn, Niall; Speelman, J.D.; Louis Benabid, Alim; Fraix, Valérie; Mendes, Alexandre; Welter, Marie‐Laure; Houéto, Jean‐Luc; Cornu, Philippe; Dormont, Didier; Lena Törnqvist, Anna; Ekberg, Ron; Schnitzler, Alfons; Timmermann, Lars; Wojtecki, Lars; Gironell, Andres; Rodríguez‐Oroz, María; Guridi, Jorge; Rita Bentivoglio, Anna; Fiorella Contarino, Maria; Romito, Luigi; Scerrati, Massimo; Janssens, Marc; E. Lang, Anthony

doi:10.1002/mds.22735

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Long‐term results of a multicenter study on subthalamic and pallidal stimulation in Parkinson's disease

Published in Movement Disorders • Mar 8, 2010

Authors:

Elena Moro

Andrés M. Lozano

Pierre Pollak

Abstract

We report the 5 to 6 year follow-up of a multicenter study of bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) and globus pallidus internus (GPi) deep brain stimulation (DBS) in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Thirty-five STN patients and 16 GPi patients were assessed at 5 to 6 years after DBS surger...

Subject

Deep brain stimulation

Subthalamic nucleus

Parkinson's disease

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