Objective: To provide recommendations to patients, physicians, and other health care
providers on several issues involving deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson disease …

During the last 30 years, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has evolved into the clinical standard
of care as a highly effective treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease. Careful patient …

Summary Background Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease often have rapid swings
between mobility and immobility, and many respond unsatisfactorily to adjustments in …

Background Deep-brain stimulation is the surgical procedure of choice for patients with
advanced Parkinson's disease. The globus pallidus interna and the subthalamic nucleus are …

Objectives: Our objective was to compare long-term outcomes of deep brain stimulation
(DBS) of the globus pallidus interna (GPi) and subthalamic nucleus (STN) for patients with …

Background The effects of constant-current deep brain stimulation (DBS) have not been
studied in controlled trials in patients with Parkinson's disease. We aimed to assess the …

Health‐related quality of life is an important patient‐reported outcome used in intervention
trials and for monitoring the consequences of health status on physical, mental, and social …

The demonstration that dopamine loss is the key pathological feature of Parkinson's disease
(PD), and the subsequent introduction of levodopa have revolutionalized the field of PD …

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is highly effective for both hypo-and hyperkinetic movement
disorders of basal ganglia origin. The clinical use of DBS is, in part, empiric, based on the …

OBJECTIVE Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is effective in the management of patients with
advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). While both the globus pallidus pars interna (GPi) and …