An Unusual Case of Essential Tremor Deep Brain Stimulation: Where is the Lead?

An Unusual Case of Essential Tremor Deep Brain Stimulation: Where is the Lead?

Clinical Vignette: A 73-year-old female with essential tremor (ET) underwent bilateral thalamic ventralis intermedius (Vim) deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. The leads provided tremor benefit, but the location was suboptimal and contributed to stimulation-induced hemichorea. Clinical Dilemma:...

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Main Authors: C. Chauncey Spears, Leonardo Almeida, Michael S. Okun, Wissam Deeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2019-03-01
Series:Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Subjects:
Deep brain stimulation
DBS
Essential tremor
Subthalamic nucleus
Chorea
Tremor
Applied linguistics
Neurology
Online Access:https://tremorjournal.org/index.php/tremor/article/view/617

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