Abolition of postapoplectic hemichorea by Vo-complex thalamotomy: long-term follow-up study.
We report a patient with hemichorea following subthalamic hemorrhage. Vo-complex thalamotomy abolished the choreic movements for over 4 years of follow-up.
Goto
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Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan. sgoto@kaiju.medic.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Kunitoku
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N
Hamasaki
T
T
Nishikawa
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S
Ushio
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002819:Chorea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020651:Ventral Thalamic Nuclei / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*