| Literature DB >> 7754830 |
R P Iacono1, R R Lonser, S Yamada.
Abstract
Early onset "juvenile type" Parkinson's disease is commonly associated with disabling bilateral levodopa-induced dyskinesias. We report here a successful contemporaneous bilateral postero-ventral pallidotomy performed on a 46-year-old male with juvenile type Parkinson's and associated levodopa incited symmetric dyskinesias. A comparison of various surgical alternatives is included. Preoperative and postoperative evaluation, operative method and posteroventral pallidotomy's therapeutic mechanism are presented.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7754830 DOI: 10.1007/BF01808622
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Neurochir (Wien) ISSN: 0001-6268 Impact factor: 2.216