Recently, the media have shone a spotlight on deep-brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of neurologically based movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. DBS also is used to treat dystonia, the third most common movement disorder. To better care for patients ...
Good outcomes have been reported in deep brain stimulation (DBS) for myoclonus-dystonia syndrome (M-D), a heritable disease characterized by childhood-onset myoclonic jerks and dystonia in the upper body. This meta-analysis was to evaluate the clinical outcomes consecutively, compare the stimulation...
Dystonia, a movement disorder that features involuntary contractions of the muscles often leading to functional impairment, has many forms. Focal dystonia is localized to a single body part and cervical dystonia (torticollis) is the most common presentation of focal dystonia, often leading to painful ...
Dystonia, a group of diseases that cause a patient's muscles to involuntary contract with movement, has had a relatively limited and ineffective number of treatments in the past. New research shows that a recently developed surgical treatment, deep brain stimulation (an off switch for the brain)...
From checkups with your doctor to using your patient programmer, explore what life is like following treatment with deep brain stimulation therapy for dystonia.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective surgical treatment for medication-refractory movement disorders, and has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for treatment of dystonia. The success of DBS in the treatment of dystonia depends on our understanding of the anatomy...
Learn how deep brain stimulation treatment may help patients with chronic, primary dystonia when medications aren't effective.
Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia Is Effective in the Long TermRukovetsOlga
Renewed interest in stereotaxy for dystonia followed the introduction of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease and essential tremor in the 1990s. DBS evolved from ablative surgery, which was applied with varying results in the 1950s in patients with movement disorders such as Parkinso...
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgery to implant a pacemaker-like device that sends electrical signals to brain areas responsible for body movement. DBS can reduce the symptoms of tremor, slowness, stiffness, and walking problems caused by Parkinson