Open AccessRescue Levodopa/Carbidopa Intestinal Gel for Secondary Deep Brain Stimulation Failure
Author(s) -
Juan Miguel Pilar Bautista,
Genko Oyama,
Maierdanjiang Nuermaimaiti,
Satoko Sekimoto,
Fuyuko Sasaki,
Taku Hatano,
Kenya Nishioka,
Masanobu Ito,
Atsushi Umemura,
Yuji Ishibashi,
Yasushi Shimo,
Nobutaka Hattori
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2093-4939
pISSN - 2005-940X
DOI - 10.14802/jmd.19051
Subject(s) - medicine , deep brain stimulation , carbidopa , parkinson's disease , levodopa , refractory (planetary science) , motor symptoms , disease , retrospective cohort study , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physics , astrobiology
The long-term efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for motor fluctuations in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) has been well established; however, motor fluctuations may recur over time despite multiple adjustments of DBS settings and medications.