Study Results from Case Western Reserve University Broaden Understanding of Parkinson's Disease (Improved Side-effect Stimulation Thresholds and Postoperative Transient Confusion With Asleep, Image-guided Deep Brain Stimulation).

A study conducted by researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, compared the efficacy and complications of deep brain stimulation (DBS) techniques for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. The study found that asleep, image-guided DBS had comparable clinical efficacy to awake, microelectrode recording (MER) guidance, but had higher stimulation thresholds for side effects and a lower rate of postoperative transient confusion (pTC). This suggests that image-guided DBS may have fewer long-term side effects and a decreased risk of pTC. The study was published in Operative Neurosurgery. [Extracted from the article]