Sex disparity in patients with Parkinson’s disease treated using deep brain stimulation
Although STN DBS is equally clinically efficacious for both sexes, women are treated later in the disease course. Preoperatively, women present during more advanced stages of PD with worse motor symptoms and a lower QOL. Postoperatively, women score worse on the cognition index, a proxy for mood rather than cognition.
Authors
- Christopher R. Honey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-6652)
- Jing Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-9746)
- Natasha Sarai
- Franziska A. Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4237-0910)
- Nancy E. Polyhronopoulos
- Mandeep K. Sandhu
- Stefan Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8960-0640)
- Muhammad Faran
- Danielle A. Pietramala
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-05-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.1.jns241670
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39