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Hacker ML, Tramontana MG, Pazira K, Meystedt JC, Turchan M, Harper KA, Fan R, Ye F, Davis TL, Konrad PE, Charles D. Long-term neuropsychological outcomes of deep brain stimulation in early-stage Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & related disorders. 2023 Aug;113(113). 105479 p.
Abstract
The pilot trial of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in early-stage Parkinson's disease (PD) randomized 30 patients (medication duration 0.5-4 years; without dyskinesia or motor fluctuations) to receive optimal drug therapy alone (early ODT) or subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS plus ODT (early DBS + ODT). This study reports long-term neuropsychological outcomes from the early DBS pilot trial.