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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
The efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is dependent on the accuracy of targeting. In order to reduce the number of passes and, consequently, the duration of surgery and risk of bleeding, we have set up a new method based on direct magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) localisation of the STN. This procedure allows a short duration of the neurophysiological session (one or two initial tracks). Whenever a supplementary track is needed, the stimulation-induced side effects are analysed to choose from one of the remaining holes in Ben's gun. A good knowledge of anatomical structures surrounding the STN is mandatory to relate side effects to the actual position of the track. In our series of 11 patients (22 sides, 37 tracks), the most common and reproducible side effects were those characterised by motor, sensorial, oculomotor and vegetative signs and symptoms. Moreover, the therapeutic window (distance between the current intensity needed to obtain the best clinical effect and the intensity capable to induce side effects) predicted clinical efficacy in the long-term, and contributed to the choice of which among the examined tracks had to be implanted with the chronic macroelectrode.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1590-1874
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S109-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Anatomo-clinical correlation of intraoperative stimulation-induced side-effects during HF-DBS of the subthalamic nucleus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Via di Rudinì 8, I-20142 Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article