Behavioral and motor improvement after deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus externus in a case of Tourette's syndrome
F Piedimonte, JCM Andreani, L Piedimonte… - … : Technology at the …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of our paper is to show the partial decrease of therapeutic effect
with battery exhaustion in a previously successfully treated patient with refractory Tourette's
syndrome (TS). Materials and Methods We present a 47-year-old patient diagnosed with TS
based on the TS Study Group Criteria and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, Fourth Edition. Surgery was considered based on refractoriness to conservative
management. Presurgical evaluation included magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron …
with battery exhaustion in a previously successfully treated patient with refractory Tourette's
syndrome (TS). Materials and Methods We present a 47-year-old patient diagnosed with TS
based on the TS Study Group Criteria and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders, Fourth Edition. Surgery was considered based on refractoriness to conservative
management. Presurgical evaluation included magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron …