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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2022

Programming of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease with sweet spot-guided parameter suggestions.

Simon Nordenström, Katrin Petermann, Ines Debove, Andreas Nowacki, Paul Krack, Claudio Pollo, T A Khoa Nguyen

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Simon NordenströmDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Katrin PetermannDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Ines DeboveDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Andreas NowackiDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Paul KrackDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Claudio PolloDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
T A Khoa NguyenDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease. However, identifying stimulation parameters, such as contact and current amplitudes, is time-consuming based on trial and error. Directional leads add more stimulation options and render this process more challenging with a higher workload for neurologists and more discomfort for patients. In this study, a sweet spot-guided algorithm was developed that automatically suggested stimulation parameters. These suggestions were retrospectively compared to clinical monopolar reviews. A cohort of 24 Parkinson's disease patients underwent bilateral DBS implantation in the subthalamic nucleus at our center. First, the DBS' leads were reconstructed with the open-source toolbox Lead-DBS. Second, a sweet spot for rigidity reduction was set as the desired stimulation target for programming. This sweet spot and estimations of the volume of tissue activated were used to suggest (i) the best lead level, (ii) the best contact, and (iii) the effect thresholds for full therapeutic effect for each contact. To assess these sweet spot-guided suggestions, the clinical monopolar reviews were considered as ground truth. In addition, the sweet spot-guided suggestions for best lead level and best contact were compared against reconstruction-guided suggestions, which considered the lead location with respect to the subthalamic nucleus. Finally, a graphical user interface was developed as an add-on to Lead-DBS and is publicly available. With the interface, suggestions for all contacts of a lead can be generated in a few seconds. The accuracy for suggesting the best out of four lead levels was 56%. These sweet spot-guided suggestions were not significantly better than reconstruction-guided suggestions (

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