Open AccessIpsilateral Effects of Unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor
Author(s) -
Erik Österlund,
Patric Blomstedt,
Anders Fytagoridis
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.798
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1423-0372
pISSN - 1011-6125
DOI - 10.1159/000525325
Subject(s) - deep brain stimulation , medicine , essential tremor , cohort , surgery , rating scale , anesthesia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , parkinson's disease , disease , developmental psychology
Essential tremor (ET) is the most common adult movement disorder. For the relatively large group of patients who do not respond adequately to pharmacological therapy, deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established treatment option. Most ET patients will have bilateral symptoms, and many of them receive bilateral DBS. Unilateral DBS is however still the most common procedure, and some papers suggest an ipsilateral effect in these patients.