Thalamic deep brain stimulation for posttraumatic action tremor.
We report a case of thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treatment of posttraumatic tremor. An 18-year-old right-handed man developed a disabling and medically refractory action tremor in the right upper extremity 9 months after sustaining diffuse axonal injury in a motor vehicle collision. DBS of the left ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (Vim) suppressed the tremor without complication and should be considered as an option for the management of intractable posttraumatic tremor.
Department of Neurosurgery, Penn Neurological Institute at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, 330 South, 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Atsushi
A
Umemura
Uzma
U
Samadani
Jurg L
JL
Jaggi
Howard I
HI
Hurtig
Gordon H
GH
Baltuch
D000293:Adolescent; D020833:Diffuse Axonal Injury / Q000150:complications; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014202:Tremor / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D020651:Ventral Thalamic Nuclei