Table 1.
Characteristics of patients in the two surgical groups. There were no statistical differences between the groups for age, duration since diagnosis, or any of the UPDRS scores.
| Patient | Uni/bilateral | Gender |
Age at operation (y) |
Duration since diagnosis (y) |
UPDRS III | Speech UPDRS III Item 18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off med | On med | Off med | On med | |||||
| STN1 | bi | M | 68 | 9 | 52 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| STN2 | uni | M | 65 | 7 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| STN3 | bi | M | 58 | 7 | 39 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| STN4 | bi | M | 64 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| STN5 | bi | F | 51 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| STN6 | bi | F | 53 | 8 | 44 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| STN7 | bi | M | 70 | 4 | 57 | 36 | 2 | 1 |
| STN8 | uni | M | 72 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
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| Median (range) | 65 (51–72) | 7 (4–9) | 39.5 (32–57) | 19.5 (6–36) | 1.0 (0–2) | 0.5 (0–2) | ||
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| czI1 | bi | F | 66 | 10 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| czI2 | bi | M | 70 | 2 | 40 | 42 | 1 | 1 |
| czI3 | bi | M | 71 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| czI4 | bi | M | 62 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
| czI5 | bi | M | 49 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| czI6 | bi | M | 50 | 6 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| czI7 | bi | F | 62 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| czI8 | bi | M | 52 | 10 | 58 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
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| Median (range) | 62.5 (49–71) | 5.5 (2–10) | 35.5 (29–58) | 20.0 (10–42) | 1.0 (0–2) | 1.0 (0-1) | ||