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Bilateral pallidal DBS for blepharospasm: A case report and review of the literature
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Bilateral pallidal DBS for blepharospasm: A case report and review of the literature

Joshua Lucas, Dorian Kusyk and Donald Whiting
Surgical neurology international, v 13, 200
2022
PMID: 35673639
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https://doi.org/10.25259/SNI_1234_2021View
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Abstract

Case Report Neurosurgery
Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus internus (GPi) in the treatment of craniocervical dystonia often requires an extended period of stimulation parameter manipulations. Case Description: We present a patient suffering from debilitating blepharospasm treated with bilateral DBS of the GPi alongside 7 years of stimulation parameter manipulations and a literature review of comparable patients. Conclusion: Our literature review suggests that a patient’s specific dystonic symptoms can guide stimulation parameter manipulations. Further research regarding trends in stimulation parameters being used in the field for different dystonic symptoms may expedite the stimulation parameter manipulation process.

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