Deep brain stimulation therapy for treatment-refractory Tourette’s syndrome
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Marco Sassi , Mauro Porta , Domenico Servello
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Tourette’s syndrome is a chronic neurobehavioral disorder that can demonstrate refractoriness to conservative treatments, or to invasive nonsurgical treatments such as botulinum toxin infiltration, or to psychobehavioral treatments. In these cases, the surgical option is often proposed, either with lesional interventions, or more recently with deep brain stimulation (DBS). This latter modality is currently preferred because of its reversibility and modularity. Some relevant issues, however, still persist in terms of appropriate indication to treatment, selection of target, and follow-up evaluation
Acta Neurochir (2011) 153:639–645 DOI 10.1007/s00701-010-0803-6 Received: 3 August 2010 / Accepted: 8 September 2010 / Published online: 20 September 2010 # Springer-Verlag 2010
