Outcome after deep brain stimulation surgery of the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson disease: do we understand what is important to our patients?

World Neurosurg. 2014 Dec;82(6):1035-6. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.03.027. Epub 2014 Mar 17.

Authors

Carole Joint¹, Tipu Z Aziz²

Affiliations

¹ Nuffield Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
² Nuffield Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Neurological Surgery, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom. Electronic address: tipu.aziz@nds.ox.ac.uk.

PMID: 24650487
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.03.027

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Keywords: Deep brain stimulation; Expectations; Parkinson disease; Satisfaction; Subthalamic nucleus.

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MeSH terms

Deep Brain Stimulation / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Parkinson Disease / surgery*
Subthalamic Nucleus*