Chunhui Yang, Qing Yuan, Xi Wu, Jinyu Xu, Jiali Wang
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Abstract
Objective To investigate the short-term efficacy of STN-DBS (subthalamic nucleus-deep brain stimulation) in patients with Parkinson′s disease and an improvement rate of <30% in levodopa challenge test (LCT). Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 35 patients with Parkinson′s disease and an improvement rate of <30% in LCT who underwent STN-DBS from March 2015 to December 2017 at Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital Affiliated to Navy Medical University. All those patients were divided into tremor dominant (TD) type (n=12), postural instability/gait disturbance (PIGD) type (n=17) and indeterminate type (n=6) according to the motor symptoms of Parkinson′s disease. The preoperative LCT improvement rate and the improvement rate of motor symptoms in an on-stimulation off-medication state (referred to as the postoperative improvement rate of motor movement symptoms) were compared in 3 groups of patients. Comparison and analysis were conducted on the improvement rate of LCT before surgery and the improvement rate of motor symptoms at 1 month post STN-DBS. Results The improvement rates in LCT of TD, PIGD and indeterminate types of patients prior to operation were (19.38±6.85)%, (23.76±5.02)% and (16.48±10.00)% respectively. There was no statistical difference among the 3 groups (F=2.31, P=0.12). The postoperative improvement rates of motor symptoms in those 3 types were (51.75±8.65)%, (41.52±13.11)% and (38.90±14.15)% respectively. There was significant difference among the groups (F=3.39, P=0.04). The postoperative improvement rate of motor symptoms was significantly higher than the improvement rate in preoperative LCT in 35 patients (t=9.46, P<0.01) and in subgroup aualysis(P<0.01 respectively). The elevation from preoperative improvement rate in LCT to post-DBS improvement rate of motor symptoms in 3 groups of patients was statistically significant (F=4.12, P=0.03), and the difference between TD and PIGD types was statistically significant (P=0.02). Conclusion STN-DBS seems effective for improving the motor symptoms of Parkinson′s disease patients with LCT<30%, particularly in TD types in terms of short-term outcome. Key words: Parkinson disease; Tremor; Deep brain stimulation; Levodopa challenge test; Treatment outcome
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Chinese Journal of Neurosurgery is one of the series of journals organized by the Chinese Medical Association under the supervision of the China Association for Science and Technology. The journal is aimed at neurosurgeons and related researchers, and reports on the leading scientific research results and clinical experience in the field of neurosurgery, as well as the basic theoretical research closely related to neurosurgery.Chinese Journal of Neurosurgery has been included in many famous domestic search organizations, such as China Knowledge Resources Database, China Biomedical Journal Citation Database, Chinese Biomedical Journal Literature Database, China Science Citation Database, China Biomedical Literature Database, China Science and Technology Paper Citation Statistical Analysis Database, and China Science and Technology Journal Full Text Database, Wanfang Data Database of Medical Journals, etc.