Bilateral pallidal stimulation improves cervical dystonia for more than a decade

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment in medically resistant cervical dystonia (CD) with a documented therapeutic effect. Long term outcome beyond a decade, however, has not been studied systematically.

Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - October 14, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Alain Kaelin-Lang, Hana You, Jean-Marc Burgunder, Tarja L önnfors-Weitze, Thomas J. Loher, Ethan Taub, Ioannis U. Isaias, Joachim K. Krauss, W.M. Michael Schüpbach Tags: Short communication Source Type: research