Poststroke fixed dystonia of the foot relieved by chronic stimulation of the posterior limb of the internal capsule: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1216-1219

  Franzini, Angelo ^a   Messina, Giuseppe ^a   Marras, Carlo ^a   Molteni, Franco ^b   Cordella, Roberto ^a   Soliveri, Paola ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Fixed dystonia; Internal capsule

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; ETIZOLAM; LEVODOPA;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; GAIT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORSION DYSTONIA; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; DYSTONIA; PATHOLOGY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74949099850     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.JNS08785     Document Type: Article

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