Deep brain stimulation of the anterior internal capsule for the treatment of Tourette syndrome: technical case report
AW Flaherty, ZM Williams, R Amirnovin… - Operative …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Medical treatment of Tourette syndrome is often ineffective
or is accompanied by debilitating side effects, therefore prompting the need to evaluate
surgical therapies. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 37-year-old
woman with severe Tourette syndrome since the age of 10 years. Her symptoms included
frequent vocalizations and severe head and arm jerks that resulted in unilateral blindness.
Trials of more than 40 medications and other therapies had failed to relieve the tics …
or is accompanied by debilitating side effects, therefore prompting the need to evaluate
surgical therapies. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 37-year-old
woman with severe Tourette syndrome since the age of 10 years. Her symptoms included
frequent vocalizations and severe head and arm jerks that resulted in unilateral blindness.
Trials of more than 40 medications and other therapies had failed to relieve the tics …