Pauls, KAM; Krauss, JK; Kämpfer, CE; Kühn, AA; Schrader, C; Südmeyer, M; Allert, N; ... Timmermann, L; + view all Pauls, KAM; Krauss, JK; Kämpfer, CE; Kühn, AA; Schrader, C; Südmeyer, M; Allert, N; Benecke, R; Blahak, C; Boller, JK; Fink, GR; Fogel, W; Liebig, T; El Majdoub, F; Mahlknecht, P; Kessler, J; Mueller, J; Voges, J; Wittstock, M; Wolters, A; Maarouf, M; Moro, E; Volkmann, J; Bhatia, KP; Timmermann, L; - view fewer (2017) Causes of failure of pallidal deep brain stimulation in cases with pre-operative diagnosis of isolated dystonia. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2017.06.023. (In press).

Preview	Text (Advance online published version of record) Causes of failure of pallidal deep.pdf - Published Version Download (1MB) | Preview
Preview	Text (Supplementary tables and figure) Pauls_Causes_failure_pallidal_suppl.pdf Download (264kB) | Preview

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Pallidal deep brain stimulation (GPi-DBS) is an effective therapy for isolated dystonia, but 10-20% of patients show improvement below 25-30%. We here investigated causes of insufficient response to GPi-DBS in isolated dystonia in a cross-sectional study. METHODS: Patients with isolated dystonia at time of surgery, and <30% improvement on the Burke-Fahn-Marsden dystonia-rating-scale (BFMDRS) after ≥6 months of continuous GPi-DBS were videotaped ON and OFF stimulation, and history, preoperative videos, brain MRI, medical records, stimulation settings, stimulation system integrity, lead location, and genetic information were obtained and reviewed by an expert panel. RESULTS: 22 patients from 11 centres were included (8 men, 14 women; 9 generalized, 9 segmental, 3 focal, 1 bibrachial dystonia; mean (range): age 48.7 (25-72) years, disease duration 22.0 (2-40) years, DBS duration 45.5 (6-131) months). Mean BFMDRS-score was 31.7 (4-93) preoperatively and 32.3 (5-101) postoperatively. Half of the patients (n = 11) had poor lead positioning alone or in combination with other problems (combined with: other disease n = 6, functional dystonia n = 1, other problems n = 2). Other problems were disease other than isolated inherited or idiopathic dystonia (n = 5), fixed deformities (n = 2), functional dystonia (n = 3), and other causes (n = 1). Excluding patients with poor lead location from further analysis, non-isolated dystonia accounted for 45.5%, functional dystonia for 27.3%, and fixed deformities for 18.2%. In patients with true isolated dystonia, lead location was the most frequent problem. CONCLUSION: After exclusion of lead placement and stimulation programming issues, non-isolated dystonia, functional dystonia and fixed deformities account for the majority of GPi-DBS failures in dystonia.

Download activity - last month

Export as XMLCSVJSON

Download activity - last 12 months

Export as CSVXMLJSON

Downloads by country - last 12 months

Export as XMLCSVJSON

Archive Staff Only

View Item