Unilateral pallidotomy for Parkinson’s disease: results after more than 1 year
OBJECTIVE To examine follow up results of unilateral ventral medial pallidotomy in 22 patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease more than 1 year after the operation in comparison with their results (previously reported) at 3 months. METHODS Twenty patients who had undergone unilateral pallidotomy w...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1999-10, Vol.67 (4), p.511-517 |
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Zusammenfassung: | OBJECTIVE To examine follow up results of unilateral ventral medial pallidotomy in 22 patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease more than 1 year after the operation in comparison with their results (previously reported) at 3 months. METHODS Twenty patients who had undergone unilateral pallidotomy were assessed with the core assessment programme for intracerebral transplantation (CAPIT) protocol preoperatively, at 3 months postoperatively, and again after a median postoperative follow up of 14 months. Two further patients had only one evaluation 3 months postoperatively. RESULTS The reduction of contralateral dyskinesias (median 67%) at 3 months was slightly attenuated after 1 year to 55% (both p |
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ISSN: | 0022-3050 1468-330X |
DOI: | 10.1136/jnnp.67.4.511 |