Zuzana Kosutzka1,2, Stephen Tisch3, Cecilia Bonnet1,4, Marta Ruiz1,4, Elodie Hainque1,4, Marie-Laure Welter1,5, Francois Viallet6,7, Carine Karachi1,8, Soledad Navarro1,8, Marjan Jahanshahi9, Sophie Rivaud-Pechoux1, David Grabli1,4, Emmanuel Roze1,4, Marie Vidailhet1,4. 1. Sorbonne Université, Faculté de Médecine; CNRS UMR 7225, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France. 2. Second Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. 3. Department of Neurology, St Vincent's Hospital, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia. 4. APHP, Hôpital Salpêtrière, Département de Neurologie, Paris, France. 5. Neurophysiology Department, CHU Rouen, Rouen, France. 6. Laboratoire Parole et Langage, UMR 7309, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France. 7. Neurology Department, Aix en Provence Hospital, Aix-en-Provence, France. 8. APHP, Hôpital Salpêtrière, Département de Neurochirurgie, Paris, France. 9. Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders and the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Good short-term results of pallidal deep brain stimulation have been reported in myoclonus-dystonia. Efficacy and safety in the long term remain to be established. In addition, the actual impact of DBS treatment on social inclusion is unknown. The objective of this study was to assess the long-term clinical outcome, quality of life, and social adjustment of GPi-DBS in patients with ε-sarcoglycan (DYT11)-positive myoclonus-dystonia. METHODS: Consecutive myoclonus-dystonia patients with ε-sarcoglycan mutations who underwent GPi-DBS were evaluated at least 5 years postoperatively. Motor symptoms were assessed using the Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale including the Disability Scale, a composite score combining the rest and action parts of the Unified Myoclonus Rating Scale and modified Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale. Standardized video-protocols were assessed by a blinded and external movement disorder specialist. Social adjustment, cognition, and mood were evaluated. RESULTS: Nine patients (5 women) with long-term GPi-DBS (8.7 ± 3.1 years) were included. There was significant improvement in the composite myoclonus score (94.1% ± 4% improvement; P = 0.008). Dystonia severity was also markedly improved (71.4% ± 28.33% improvement; P = 0.008) as well as motor disability (88.3% ± 20% improvement; P = 0.008) and abnormal involuntary movement score (71.1% ± 15.0% improvement; P = 0.008). No patients experienced postoperative speech or gait problems or any permanent adverse effects. Eight of the 9 patients had fully enhanced social adjustment and personal achievement, with little or no mood or behavioral disorders. CONCLUSIONS: GPi-DBS seems to be a safe and efficacious treatment for medically refractory ɛ-sarcoglycan myoclonus-dystonia, with sustained motor benefit, good quality of life, and social adjustment in long-term follow-up.
BACKGROUND: Good short-term results of pallidal deep brain stimulation have been reported in myoclonus-dystonia. Efficacy and safety in the long term remain to be established. In addition, the actual impact of DBS treatment on social inclusion is unknown. The objective of this study was to assess the long-term clinical outcome, quality of life, and social adjustment of GPi-DBS in patients with ε-sarcoglycan (DYT11)-positive myoclonus-dystonia. METHODS: Consecutive myoclonus-dystoniapatients with ε-sarcoglycan mutations who underwent GPi-DBS were evaluated at least 5 years postoperatively. Motor symptoms were assessed using the Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale including the Disability Scale, a composite score combining the rest and action parts of the Unified Myoclonus Rating Scale and modified Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale. Standardized video-protocols were assessed by a blinded and external movement disorder specialist. Social adjustment, cognition, and mood were evaluated. RESULTS: Nine patients (5 women) with long-term GPi-DBS (8.7 ± 3.1 years) were included. There was significant improvement in the composite myoclonus score (94.1% ± 4% improvement; P = 0.008). Dystonia severity was also markedly improved (71.4% ± 28.33% improvement; P = 0.008) as well as motor disability (88.3% ± 20% improvement; P = 0.008) and abnormal involuntary movement score (71.1% ± 15.0% improvement; P = 0.008). No patients experienced postoperative speech or gait problems or any permanent adverse effects. Eight of the 9 patients had fully enhanced social adjustment and personal achievement, with little or no mood or behavioral disorders. CONCLUSIONS:GPi-DBS seems to be a safe and efficacious treatment for medically refractory ɛ-sarcoglycan myoclonus-dystonia, with sustained motor benefit, good quality of life, and social adjustment in long-term follow-up.