CONTEMPORANEOUS BILATERAL POSTERO-VENTRAL PALLIDOTOMY FOR EARLY-ONSETJUVENILE TYPE PARKINSONS-DISEASE - CASE-REPORT

Authors
IACONO RP LONSER RR YAMADA S
Citation
Rp. Iacono et al., CONTEMPORANEOUS BILATERAL POSTERO-VENTRAL PALLIDOTOMY FOR EARLY-ONSETJUVENILE TYPE PARKINSONS-DISEASE - CASE-REPORT, Acta neurochirurgica, 131(3-4), 1994, pp. 247-252
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Acta neurochirurgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016268
Volume
131
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
247 - 252
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6268(1994)131:3-4<247:CBPPFE>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Early onset ''juvenile type'' Parkinson's disease is commonly associat ed with disabling bilateral levodopa-induced dyskinesias. We report he re a successful contemporaneous bilateral postero-ventral pallidotomy performed on a 46-year-old male with juvenile type Parkinson's and ass ociated levodopa incited symmetric dyskinesias. A comparison of variou s surgical alternatives is included. Preoperative and postoperative ev aluation, operative method and posteroventral pallidotomy's therapeuti c mechanism are presented.