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Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for camptocormia associated with Parkinson's disease |
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| Authors: | Wataru Sako MD Masami Nishio MD PhD Tomoyuki Maruo MD Hideki Shimazu MD PhD Kazuhito Matsuzaki MD PhD Tetsuya Tamura MD Hideo Mure MD Yukitaka Ushio MD PhD Shinji Nagahiro MD PhD Ryuji Kaji MD PhD Satoshi Goto MD PhD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Health Biosciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan;2. Department of Neurosurgery, Otemae Hospital, Osaka, Japan;3. Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Health Biosciences, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan |
| Abstract: | Camptocormia becomes increasingly recognized as a disabling symptom associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). We here report six patients with advanced PD in whom continuous bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus produced substantial (mean 78% ± 9.1% of the thoracolumbar angle) improvement of camptocormia along with other motor symptoms. © 2009 Movement Disorder Society |
| Keywords: | camptocormia Parkinson's disease subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation |