Deep brain stimulation in early stage Parkinson's disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37212, United States. Electronic address: david.charles@vanderbilt.edu.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37212, United States.
³ Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37212, United States.
⁴ Center for Healthcare Ethics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, United States.

Comment

David Charles et al. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;21(3):347-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.10.032. Epub 2014 Dec 12.

¹ Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37212, United States. Electronic address: david.charles@vanderbilt.edu.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37212, United States.
³ Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37212, United States.
⁴ Center for Healthcare Ethics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, United States.

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Comment in

Deep brain stimulation in early stage Parkinson's disease may reduce the relative risk of symptom worsening.
Hacker M, Charles D, Finder S. Hacker M, et al. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2016 Jan;22:112-3. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.11.023. Epub 2015 Nov 25. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2016. PMID: 26639979 No abstract available.

Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in early stage Parkinson's disease.
Charles D, Konrad PE, Neimat JS, Molinari AL, Tramontana MG, Finder SG, Gill CE, Bliton MJ, Kao C, Phibbs FT, Hedera P, Salomon RM, Cannard KR, Wang L, Song Y, Davis TL. Charles D, et al. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014 Jul;20(7):731-7. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.03.019. Epub 2014 Mar 28. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014. PMID: 24768120 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
There is no credible rational for deep brain stimulation in very early Parkinson's disease!
Hariz M. Hariz M. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015 Mar;21(3):345-6. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.10.031. Epub 2014 Nov 21. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015. PMID: 25443552 No abstract available.