| Deep brain stimulation in a Chinese Tourette's syndrome patient. | |
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PMID: 21471596 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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A 31-year-old Chinese man with intractable severe, lifelong Tourette's syndrome characterised by forceful self-injurious motor tics and socially embarrassing vocal tics was treated with bilateral deep brain stimulation. Electrodes were implanted into the thalamic targets at the centromedian-parafascicular complex according to Hassler's nomenclature. A dramatic reduction of tics resulted. At 18 months postoperatively, there was an 81% improvement in his total tics count and a 58% improvement in his Yale Global Tic Severity Scale. His modified Rush video scale decreased from 13 to 8 and visual analogue scale from 10 to 3. These data show that bilateral deep brain stimulation of the thalamus can have a favourable immediate effect on severe tics in a selected group of adult patients suffering from intractable Tourette's syndrome and postoperatively the beneficial effects persisted for at least 18 months. |
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M Wy Lee; M M Au-Yeung; K N Hung; C K Wong |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi / Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Volume: 17 ISSN: 1024-2708 ISO Abbreviation: Hong Kong Med J Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-04-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9512509 Medline TA: Hong Kong Med J Country: China |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 147-50 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Neurosurgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong. |
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