Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Patient no. | Gender/age | Dx | Preop. UPDRS III (med off) | Preop. UPDRS III (med on) | Improv. (%) | Postop. UPDRS III (med on/stim on) | Improv. (%) | Follow-up (months) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gl | tr | gl | tr | gl | tr | gl | tr | gl | tr | ||||
| 1 | m / 75 | TD IPS | 63 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 54 | 12* | 11 | 3 | 62 | 78 | 5 |
| 2 | f / 76 | TD IPS | 56 | 11 | 41 | 8 | 26 | 27* | 11 | 2 | 73 | 75 | 8 |
Dx diagnosis, TD IPS tremor-dominant idiopathic Parkinson syndrome, UPDRS III motor part of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, gl global, tr tremor related, * lack of dopamine effect on tremor reduction