Thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) is commonly used to treat essential tremor, but the optimal lead location within the thalamus has not been systematically evaluated. We examined the relation of lead location to clinical outcome in a series of essential tremor patients treated by thalamic DBS.
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
