BACKGROUND: The posterior subthalamic area (PSA), ventral to the intercommissural line (ICL) and the ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM), has been suggested as a promising target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients suffering from essential tremor (ET). In this study the clinical benefit of VIM and PSA DBS on postural tremor suppression was systematically evaluated in a two step approach with a 3D ultrasound kinematic analysis tool. METHODS: We defined the exact position of 40 VIM-DBS-electrodes from 21 ET patients. In a first experiment with a subgroup of electrodes we subsequently activated a thalamic and a contact below ICL (sub-ICL) with equal parameter settings for within subject comparison. In a second step, we divided all electrodes into two groups, i.e. one group with activated thalamic and the other group with activated contacts below ICL and performed a group comparison under patients' individual stimulation parameters. Here, the corrected amplitude required for tremor suppression was analyzed separately for both groups. RESULTS: Within subject comparison with equal parameter settings revealed a significant improvement of sub-ICL compared to thalamic stimulation. In contrast, group comparison under patients' individual stimulation did not show any significant difference in tremor suppression between VIM and PSA DBS. Although higher corrected stimulation amplitude was needed in the thalamic group this difference was not significant. CONCLUSION: The data suggest that sub-ICL stimulation may be more efficient compared to thalamic stimulation but equally effective when patients' individual stimulation parameters are used.
BACKGROUND: The posterior subthalamic area (PSA), ventral to the intercommissural line (ICL) and the ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM), has been suggested as a promising target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients suffering from essential tremor (ET). In this study the clinical benefit of VIM and PSA DBS on postural tremor suppression was systematically evaluated in a two step approach with a 3D ultrasound kinematic analysis tool. METHODS: We defined the exact position of 40 VIM-DBS-electrodes from 21 ET patients. In a first experiment with a subgroup of electrodes we subsequently activated a thalamic and a contact below ICL (sub-ICL) with equal parameter settings for within subject comparison. In a second step, we divided all electrodes into two groups, i.e. one group with activated thalamic and the other group with activated contacts below ICL and performed a group comparison under patients' individual stimulation parameters. Here, the corrected amplitude required for tremor suppression was analyzed separately for both groups. RESULTS: Within subject comparison with equal parameter settings revealed a significant improvement of sub-ICL compared to thalamic stimulation. In contrast, group comparison under patients' individual stimulation did not show any significant difference in tremor suppression between VIM and PSA DBS. Although higher corrected stimulation amplitude was needed in the thalamic group this difference was not significant. CONCLUSION: The data suggest that sub-ICL stimulation may be more efficient compared to thalamic stimulation but equally effective when patients' individual stimulation parameters are used.
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