Raquel Barbosa, Leonor Correia Guedes, Maria Begoña Cattoni, Patricia Pita Lobo, Ana Castro Caldas, Margherita Fabbri, Paulo Bastos, Anabela Valadas, Herculano Carvalho, Luisa Albuquerque, Sofia Reimão, A Gonçalves Ferreira, Joaquim J Ferreira, Mário Miguel Rosa, Miguel Coelho
BACKGROUND: Data on the long-term survival and incidence of disability milestones after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is limited. OBJECTIVES: To estimate mortality and assess the frequency/time-to-development of disability milestones (falls, freezing, hallucinations, dementia, and institutionalization) among PD patients post STN-DBS. METHODS: A longitudinal retrospective study of patients undergoing STN-DBS...
January 2024: Parkinsonism & related Disorders