Svennilson's Publication on Pallidotomy for Parkinsonism in 1960: A Most Influential Paper in the Field.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Unilateral Microelectrode Recording-Guided Pallidotomy in Advanced Parkinson's Disease: Clinical and Neuropsychological Outcomes in a Guatemalan Cohort.Revista de neurologia · 2026
   Observational
2. Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.Journal of internal medicine · 2022
   Review
3. Pallidotomy: A "Phoenix the Bird" of Surgery for Parkinson's Disease?Movement disorders clinical practice · 2022
   Article

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Funding

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Abstract

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