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  • Title: Pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease.
    Author: Laitinen LV.
    Journal: Neurosurg Clin N Am; 1995 Jan; 6(1):105-12. PubMed ID: 7696867.
    Abstract:
    Ventroposterolateral pallidotomy was used in the surgical treatment of 259 patients suffering from intractable Parkinson's disease. Pallidotomy was equally effective against tremor, rigor, bradykinesia, and the L-dopa-induced dyskinesias. The effect of surgery seemed to be long-lasting, and side effects were rare. The author believes that the beneficial effect of pallidotomy is based on interruption of striopallidal and pallidosubthalamic pathways.
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