| Literature DB >> 12499498 |
P Burbaud1, A Vital, A Rougier, S Bouillot, D Guehl, E Cuny, X Ferrer, A Lagueny, B Bioulac.
Abstract
Autopsy findings are reported from a patient with chorea-acanthocytosis treated for 2 years by deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the motor thalamus. Postoperative testing showed a progressive improvement in axial truncal spasms. Although relatively high currents were used for 2 years in this patient, postmortem analysis showed minimal tissue damage in the vicinity of the electrode tip. It is concluded that DBS has little impact on the surrounding tissues.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12499498 DOI： 10.1212/01.wnl.0000038389.30437.1e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN： 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910