Rev Med Hosp Gen Méx. 2014;77(4):190-194 ´ ´ www.elsevier.es/hgmx CLINICAL CASE Clinical experience in the Hospital Central Militar with bilateral deep brain stimulation of ventro-medial globus pallidus in patients with Parkinson’s disease Francisco...
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Rev Med Hosp Gen Méx. 2014;77(4):190-194 ´ ´ www.elsevier.es/hgmx CLINICAL CASE Clinical experience in the Hospital Central Militar with bilateral deep brain stimulation of ventro-medial globus pallidus in patients with Parkinson’s disease Francisco Meneses-Rodrígueza , Ricardo Y. Sánchezb , Humberto Carrasco-Vargasa , Abenamar Samano-Osunaa , Fiacro Jiménez-Ponceb,∗ a Hospital Central Militar, México b Hospital General de México ‘‘Eduardo Liceaga’’, México Received 18 September 2014; accepted 21 November 2014 Available online 29 November 2014 KEY WORDS Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson’s disease; Globus pallidus; Neuromodulation Abstract Deep brain electrical stimulation of the ventro-medial globus pallidus in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an alternative in the treatment of rigidity in advanced cases which do not response to conventional pharmacological treatment. Objective: To measure the clinical changes and collateral effects of bilateral electric stimulation of the ventro-medial glo
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