Strengths and weaknesses of patient-reported outcomes following DBS surgery: Comparing clinician, patient, and caregiver assessments
Objective: Assess the degree of correlation between DBS outcome measures rated by patients, caregivers, and clinicians. Methods: The Clinician Global Impression (CGI) score and two…Efficiency of intraoperative microelectrode recording in patients with deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. Three-year comparative research
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of intraoperative microelectrode recording in patients with deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus…Clinical characteristics of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery: Five-year data from Columbia University Medical Center (2009 – 2014)
Objective: To compare the clinical characteristics of essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson's disease (PD) patients who underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery to those of…Can stimulation of deep brain tissue improve the expression of the mouth in Parkinson’s disease patients?
Objective: To observe if stimulation of deep brain tissue can improve expression of the mouth in Parkinson's disease patients. Background: Masked facies or hypomimia is…Comparing the characteristics of patients with Parkinson’s disease speech with and without deep brain stimulation
Objective: To compare the speech Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with and without deep brain stimulation. Background: Among the many changes, the presence of dysarthria, characterized…Spinal cord stimulation improves freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease in chronic implanted stn-dbs patients: A case report
Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate further the potential role of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as a treatment for gait disturbances and…Does body mass index influence outcome of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s patients?
Objective: To investigate if preoperative body mass index (BMI) can predict functional and quality of life (QOL) outcomes following deep brain stimulation surgery (DBS) in…Longitudinal changes of speech and voice disorders following subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson’s disease patients
Objective: To elucidate longitudinal changes of speech and voice disorders in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients treated with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS). Background: Previously,…Successful DBS: Doctors happy, patients not – Why?
Objective: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) has been proven successful; however, not in all. Background: We report on 5 PD patients who…Mortality after deep brain stimulation surgery for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease
Objective: We aimed to analyze the mortality of advanced PD patients who received DBS surgery. Background: Survival of PD patients has been investigated. Many researchers…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.