Predictors of Functional and Quality of Life Outcomes following Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery in Parkinson's Disease Patients: Disease, Patient, and Surgical Factors.

Hesham AbboudGencer GencNicolas R ThompsonSrivadee OravivattanakulFaisal AlsallomDennys ReyesKathy WilsonRussell CerejoXin Xin YuDarlene FlodenAnwar AhmedMichal GostkowskiAyman EzzeldinHazem MaroufOssama Yassin MansourAndre MachadoHubert H Fernandez

Published in: Parkinson's disease (2017)

Presence of postural instability, high BMI, and worse baseline motor scores were the greatest predictors of poorer functional and QOL outcomes after DBS.

Keyphrases

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