Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Parkinson's Symptoms - CME Teaching Brief� - MedPage Today
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KIEL, Germany, Aug. 30 -- Deep-brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease outperformed medical management in a randomized trial of the electrodes.
The surgical technique, in which an electrode is implanted in the subthalamus, led to sharp increases in quality of life and decreases in severity of symptoms, according to G�nther Deuschl, M.D., Ph.D., of Christian Albrechts University here.
On the other hand, serious adverse events were greater in the surgical arm, Dr. Deuschl and colleagues reported in the Aug. 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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