Anne Koy, Andrea A Kühn, Julius Huebl, Gerd-Helge Schneider, Anne K van Riesen, Matthias Eckenweiler, Cornelia Rensing-Zimmermann, Volker Arnd Coenen, Joachim K Krauss, Assel Saryyeva, Hans Hartmann, Martin Haeussler, Jens Volkmann, Cordula Matthies, Annette Horn, Alfons Schnitzler, Jan Vesper, Alireza Gharabaghi, Daniel Weiss, Andrea Bevot, Warren Marks, Angela Pomykal, Elegast Monbaliu, Guntram Borck, Joerg Mueller, Reinhild Prinz-Langenohl, Till Dembek, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Jochen Wirths, Petra Schiller, Martin Hellmich, Lars Timmermann
BACKGROUND: Patients with dyskinetic cerebral palsy are often severely impaired with limited treatment options. The effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) are less pronounced than those in inherited dystonia but can be associated with favorable quality of life outcomes even in patients without changes in dystonia severity. OBJECTIVE: The aim is to assess DBS effects in pediatric patients with pharmacorefractory dyskinetic cerebral palsy with focus on quality of life...
April 2022: Movement Disorders: Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society