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. 2012 Jan 12;2012:592678. doi: 10.5402/2012/592678

Table 2.

The chief complaints, clinical effects, and anatomical locations of the stimulated contacts in 11 patients treated with deep brain stimulation.

Case no. UPDRS Localization of stimulated contact AC-PC (mm) RN (mm) Akinesia Tremor Gait disturbance On-Off (%/day) Dyskinesia (%/day) Levodopa equivalent (mg/day)
Right Left Right Left
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
1 19 10 ZI ZI 22 4.8 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50 20 70 30 565 468
2 26 9 FH FH 22 6.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20 20 70 30 347 280
3 28 16 ZI FH 21 6.0 5 2 1 0 2 0 4 3 40 0 0 0 533 418
4 31 15 ZI ZI 21 6.0 8 1 0 0 5 0 5 4 60 0 50 0 628 400
5 19 4 ZI STN 20 6.0 2 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 342 271
6 28 12 STN STN 23 4.0 3 1 3 1 3 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 396 253
7 44 25 ZI STN 24 6.0 10 7 3 0 3 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 557 590
8 73 60 ZI FH 25 5.4 10 7 2 0 2 0 10 10 70 50 50 20 503 503
9 24 7 STN STN 21 5.6 1 0 3 0 2 0 4 3 30 0 50 20 570 500
10 44 16 FH FH 21 6.0 6 2 3 0 3 0 4 3 0 0 70 20 285 285
11 13 4 ZI No placement 24 5.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 440 307
Mean 31.7 16.5 22.2 5.5 5 1.9 1.5 0.1 2.6 0.1 4.2 2.9 24.5 8.2 32.7 10.9 470 388.6
± S.D. 16.7 15.6 1.6 0.7 3.3 2.6 1.4 0.3 1.7 0.3 2.4 2.7 27.0 16.0 32.3 13.0 113.5 116.1

Akinesia: UPDRS II items 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, on-off and percentage of daily time spent in off states, tremor: UPDRS III items 20 and 21, gait disturbance: UPDRS III items 27, 28, 29, and 30, dyskinesia: the percentage of daily time spent in dyskinesia, rigidity: UPDRS III item 22 on the side contralateral to DBS stimulation.

AC-PC: distance of anterior commissure-posterior commissure, RN: lateral distance from the midline of red nucleus, ZI: zona incerta, STN: subthalamic nucleus, FH: field of forel H, and mean ± S.D.: mean ± standard deviation, pre: before surgery, post: after surgery.