Outcomes and Adverse Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation on the Ventral Intermediate Nucleus in Patients with Essential Tremor.

Conclusion: VIM-DBS is an efficient and safe surgical method in ET, and the efficacy was not affected by the body distribution of tremor, age at surgery, and disease duration. Lower preoperative FTM-TRS scores likely indicate greater improvement, and the effect of VIM-DBS declines over time.
PMID: 32802034 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Neural Plasticity - August 19, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Lu G, Luo L, Liu M, Zheng Z, Zhang B, Chen X, Hua X, Fan H, Mo G, Duan J, Li M, Hong T, Zhou D Tags: Neural Plast Source Type: research