Leucencephalopathy in Patients with Parkinson's Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation
Neither was the presence of mild to moderate LE associated with an increased risk for surgical complications, nor did it negatively impact the long-term improvement in motor function after DBS surgery in PD patients. Therefore, mild to moderate LE should not be considered a contraindication for DBS.
Authors
- Vesna Malinova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0062-7490)
- Kajetan von Eckardstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9588-9986)
- Claudia Trenkwalder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6407-1199)
- Turab Gasimov
- Veit Rohde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-4307)
- Cristina Dragaescu
- Dorothée Mielke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1462-4864)
- Brit Mollenhauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8437-3645)
- Friederike Sixel‐Döring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-6286)
- Pawel Jarski
Institutions
- University Hospital Augsburg (DE)
- Westpfalz Klinikum (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Paracelsus Elena Klinik Kassel (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.14294
- Primary Topic
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00