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STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY
Volume 77, Issue 1-4, Pages 98-100Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000064606
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microelectrode recording; pallidotomy; outcome; complications
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There is an active debate regarding whether pallidotomy should be performed with microelectrocle recording or macroelectrode stimulation. A meta-analysis was performed on the published reports (1992-2000) of unilateral pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease to determine if the outcome or complications of this procedure significantly differed between these two techniques. Papers were excluded if they followed a cohort of less than ten patients, had follow-up less than three months, or included previously reported patients. There were no significant differences between the two techniques in improvement of dyskinesia (p = 0.66) or UPDRS motor score (p = 0.62). Microelectrode recording had a significantly higher (p = 0.012) intracerebral hemorrhage rate (1.3 +/- 0.4%) compared to macroelectrode stimulation (0.2 +/- 0.2%). Copyright (C) 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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