TY - JOUR
T1 - General anaesthesia for deep brain stimulator electrode insertion in Parkinson's disease.
AU - Sutcliffe, AJ
AU - Mitchell, Rosalind
AU - Gan, YC
AU - Mocroft, AP
AU - Nightingale, Peter
PY - 2011/3/1
Y1 - 2011/3/1
N2 - BACKGROUND
This paper compares the use of general and local anaesthetic in patients having deep brain stimulator (DBS) surgery. It is a retrospective case note study of 46 patients treated consecutively with subthalamic nucleus stimulation for Parkinson's disease as practise changed in a Neurosurgical unit.
METHODS
The first 20 patients (LA group) had permanent electrodes placed under local anaesthesia. The remaining 26 patients (GA group) had the entire procedure under general anaesthesia. The groups were similar for age, sex, duration of Parkinson's disease and preoperative levodopa requirement.
RESULTS
The clinical results were similar in that within each group, the reduction in levodopa was not only clinically but also statistically significant (p
AB - BACKGROUND
This paper compares the use of general and local anaesthetic in patients having deep brain stimulator (DBS) surgery. It is a retrospective case note study of 46 patients treated consecutively with subthalamic nucleus stimulation for Parkinson's disease as practise changed in a Neurosurgical unit.
METHODS
The first 20 patients (LA group) had permanent electrodes placed under local anaesthesia. The remaining 26 patients (GA group) had the entire procedure under general anaesthesia. The groups were similar for age, sex, duration of Parkinson's disease and preoperative levodopa requirement.
RESULTS
The clinical results were similar in that within each group, the reduction in levodopa was not only clinically but also statistically significant (p
U2 - 10.1007/s00701-010-0845-9
DO - 10.1007/s00701-010-0845-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 21184118
SN - 0942-0940
VL - 153
SP - 621
EP - 627
JO - Acta Neurochirurgica
JF - Acta Neurochirurgica
IS - 3
ER -