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ArticleSurgical neurology international2016

Subthalamus stimulation in Parkinson disease: Accounting for the bilaterality of contacts.

Jean-Jacques Lemaire, Bruno Pereira, Philippe Derost, François Vassal, Miguel Ulla, Dominique Morand, Guillaume Coll, Jean Gabrillargues, Ana Marques, Bérangère Debilly and 2 more

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Jean-Jacques LemaireService of Neurosurgery, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Image-Guided Clinical Neuroscience and Connectomics, Research Team, Auvergne University, Auvergne, France.
Bruno PereiraImage-Guided Clinical Neuroscience and Connectomics, Research Team, Auvergne University, Auvergne, France; Biostatistics, Clinical Research Direction, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Philippe DerostService of Neurology, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
François VassalImage-Guided Clinical Neuroscience and Connectomics, Research Team, Auvergne University, Auvergne, France.
Miguel UllaService of Neurology, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Dominique MorandBiostatistics, Clinical Research Direction, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Guillaume CollService of Neurosurgery, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Image-Guided Clinical Neuroscience and Connectomics, Research Team, Auvergne University, Auvergne, France.
Jean GabrillarguesService of Neurosurgery, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Service of Radiology, Neuroradiology Unit, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Ana MarquesService of Neurology, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Bérangère DebillyService of Neurology, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Jérôme CosteService of Neurosurgery, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Image-Guided Clinical Neuroscience and Connectomics, Research Team, Auvergne University, Auvergne, France.
Franck DurifService of Neurology, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDeep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease uses bi-hemispheric high-frequency stimulation within the subthalamus, however, the specific impacts of bilaterality of DBS are still not clear. Thus, we aimed to study the individual-level clinical impact of locations of right-left contact pair-up accounting for each subthalamic nucleus (STN) anatomy.

methodsContact locations and effects at 1 year were studied retrospectively in an unselected series of 53 patients operated between 2004 and 2010. Location of contacts was defined relatively to the main axis of STN used to map longitudinal and transversal positions, and STN membership (out meaning out-of-STN). Contact pairings were described via three methods: (i) Unified contact location (UCL) collapsing DBS into an all-in-one contact; (ii) balance of contact pair-up (BCPU), defined as symmetric or asymmetric regardless of laterality; (iii) hemisphere-wise most frequent contact pair-up (MFCP) regardless of BCPU. Clinical data were: mean levodopa equivalent dose, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) motor score III without medication, UPDRS II and III speech sub-scores, UPDRS II freezing sub-score, 1 year versus preoperative values, with and without levodopa. Ad-hoc two-sided tests were used for statistical analysis.

resultsWorsening speech, was more frequent for UCL_out patients and when the left MFCP contact was rear and/or superolateral, however, it less frequent for BCPU-asymmetric patients. Worsening freezing was more frequent when the right MFCP contact was rear and superolateral.

conclusionsThese results point to strategies for minimizing dysarthria and freezing as adverse effects of DBS.

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Bilateraldeep brain stimulationParkinson's diseaseSubthalamic nucleus

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PMID27990316
PMCPMC5134117

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