Table 4 Antiparkinsonian drugs before and after surgery.

Medication	Before surgery	12 months after surgery
Levodopa (n = number of patients)	6	25
Dopamine agonist (n = number of patients) (sc apomorphine)	2 [1]	23 [0]
Levodopa+dopamine agonist (n = number of patients) (sc apomorphine)	89 [26]	41 [0]
Apomorphine repeated injections (n = number of patients)	23	–
Unitary dose (mg) (mean±SD) (number of injections/day)	11±4 [1–7]	–
Apomorphine continuous infusion (n = number of patients)	3	–
Flow rate/h (mg) (mean±SD) (number of hours/day)	5±2 [12–24]	–
No drug (n = number of patients)	0	6
Total (n = number of patients)	97	95
Levodopa equivalent daily dose (mg) (mean±SD)	1240±586	506±429**

**p<0.0001 for the comparison with the preoperative dose.