Table 1 Diagnoses and anatomical targets of 262 consecutive patients treated with deep‐brain stimulation.
Diagnosis | Targets (no of patients) | Total | |||||
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STN | GPi | v.im. | VCPC | N. acc. | CI | ||
Parkinson's disease | 164 | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | 194 |
Dystonia | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
Essential tremor | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | 15 |
Multiple sclerosis | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | 11 |
Chronic pain | — | — | — | 9 | — | 1 | 10 |
OCD | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 7 |
Myocloniforme syndrome | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
Post‐traumatic or ischaemic tremor | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Neuroacanthocytosis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Huntington's chorea | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Total | 166 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 262 |
GPi, Gobus pallidus internus; N. acc., Nucleus accumbens; OCD, obsessive–compulsive disorders; STN, subthalamic nucleus; VCPC, ventrocaudalis parvocellularis; v.im., Nuclei ventrointer medii.