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ArticleJournal of Parkinson's disease2024

A Retrospective Comparison of Multiple Approaches to Anatomically Informed Contact Selection in Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease.

Gregor A Brandt, Vasilija Stopic, Christina van der Linden, Joshua N Strelow, Jan N Petry-Schmelzer, Juan Carlos Baldermann, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Gereon R Fink, Michael T Barbe, Till A Dembek

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Article in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Gregor A BrandtFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Vasilija StopicFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Christina van der LindenFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Joshua N StrelowFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Jan N Petry-SchmelzerFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Juan Carlos BaldermannFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Veerle Visser-VandewalleFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Gereon R FinkFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Michael T BarbeFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Till A DembekFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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Abstract

Background: Conventional deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming via trial-and-error warrants improvement to ensure swift achievement of optimal outcomes. The definition of a sweet spot for subthalamic DBS in Parkinson's disease (PD-STN-DBS) may offer such advancement. Objective: This investigation examines the association of long-term motor outcomes with contact selection during monopolar review and different strategies for anatomically informed contact selection in a retrospective real-life cohort of PD-STN-DBS. Methods: We compared contact selection based on a monopolar review (MPR) to multiple anatomically informed contact selection strategies in a cohort of 28 PD patients with STN-DBS. We employed a commercial software package for contact selection based on visual assessment of individual anatomy following two predefined strategies and two algorithmic approaches with automatic targeting of either the sensorimotor STN or our previously published sweet spot. Similarity indices between chronic stimulation and contact selection strategies were correlated to motor outcomes at 12 months follow-up. Results: Lateralized motor outcomes of chronic DBS were correlated to the similarity between chronic stimulation and visual contact selection targeting the dorsal part of the posterior STN (rho = 0.36, p = 0.007). Similar relationships could not be established for MPR or any of the other investigated strategies. Conclusions: Our data demonstrates that a visual contact selection following a predefined strategy can be linked to beneficial long-term motor outcomes in PD-STN-DBS. Since similar correlations could not be observed for the other approaches to anatomically informed contact selection, we conclude that clear definitions and prospective validation of any approach to imaging-based DBS-programming is warranted.

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Deep Brain StimulationParkinson DiseaseSubthalamic NucleusAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective Studiesanatomically informed contact selectionclinical caredeep brain stimulationimaging guided DBS programmingneuroimagingParkinson’s diseaseretrospective analysissubthalamic nucleus

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PMCPMC11091589

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