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Challenges in PD Patient Management After DBS: A Pragmatic Review

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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) or internal globus pallidus (GPi) represents an effective and universally applied therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD) motor complications. However, certain procedure‐related… Click to show full abstract

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) or internal globus pallidus (GPi) represents an effective and universally applied therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD) motor complications. However, certain procedure‐related problems and unrealistic patient expectations may detract specialists from indicating DBS more widely despite significant clinical effects.

Keywords: management dbs; pragmatic review; challenges patient; patient management; dbs; dbs pragmatic

Journal Title: Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
Year Published: 2018

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