Thalamotomy for movement disorders: a critical appraisal.
Symptomatic and functional assessments have been made on a number of patients with a variety of involuntary movement disorders. Difficulties of assessment and their relevance to outcome are discussed. Almost all groups showed a substantial symptomatic improvement but functional improvement was less pronounced.
D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000601:surgery; D013788:Thalamus / Q000601:surgery*; D014202:Tremor / Q000601:surgery