Long-term follow-up study of nucleus ventralis intermedius and ventrolateralis thalamotomy using a microelectrode technique in parkinsonism.
Long-term observation over 3-8 postoperative years of cases of Parkinson disease operated by stereotactic thalamotomy using a microelectrode recording technique is reported. The procedure is specifically useful in the following four groups: (1) tremor-dominant cases, (2) hemiparkinsonism, (3) cases with marked asymmetry in motor symptoms and (4) juvenile parkinsonism presenting levodopa-induced dyskinesia.
Narabayashi
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Neurological Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
Maeda
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Yokochi
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D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008839:Microelectrodes; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000601:surgery*