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. 2016 Dec 13;6(4):58. doi: 10.3390/brainsci6040058

Table 8.

Change of LEDD and medication-induced complications in patients in previous studies of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation in PD.

Study % of Change of LEDD % of Change of Dyskinesia % of Change of Motor Fluctuation
Limousin et al. [58] * −60% *
Ostergaard et al. [59] −19.5% −86% −79%
Simuni et al. [62] −55% −64.3% −32.4%
Thobois et al. [64] −65.5% −76% *
Vesper et al. [60] −53% −71.9% −35%
Vingerhoets et al. [63] −79% −92% −95%
Volkmann et al. [65] −65.3% −83.3% *
Herzog et al. [61] −67% −85% *
Krause et al. [66] −30% −70% −16%
Fraix et al. [67] −80.7% −86.7% *
Kleiner-Fisman et al. [68] −42% −65.5% −58%
Krack et al. [69] −63% −65% *
Romito et al. [70] −56.2% −83.9% −94.2%
Visser-Vandewalle et al. [71] −47.2% −79% −78.4%
Rodrguez-Oroz et al. [72] −50.0% −53% *
Rodrguez-Oroz et al. [73] −35% −59% *
Wider et al. [74] −56.9% −85.4% −84.2%
Gervais-Bernard et al. [75] −54.4% −60% *
Castrioto et al. [26] −36.3% −68.8% −46.9%
Weaver et al. [76] −35.7% −75% *
Tabbal et al. [78] 45% * *
This study −54.1% −65.1% −48.6%

LEDD levodopa equivalent daily dose; PD: Parkinson’s disease, UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, %: percentage, *: no available data.