Quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease: a comparison between preoperative and postoperative states among those who were treated with deep brain stimulation.
Maria Eduarda Turczyn de LuccaJhulia Farinha MaffiniMariana Guerrini GrassiAmanda Elias AbdalaRenato Mitsunori NisiharaAlexandre Novicki FranciscoMarina FarahTatiana von Hertwig Fernandes de Oliveira KumerPublished in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (2022)
Improvements in quality of life and motor function were observed in the majority of the patients enrolled. Despite the limitations of this study, DBS strongly benefits a significant proportion of PD patients when well indicated.