Effect of Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation on Vocal Tremor in Essential Tremor.

Kathryn W RuckartCaroline WilsonMary E Moya-MendezLyndsay L MaddenAdrian LaxtonMustafa S Siddiqui

Published in: Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) (2023)

Both unilateral and bilateral VIM DBS resulted in significant improvement of VT, with more improvement demonstrated in patients having bilateral as compared to unilateral VIM DBS. In addition, patients also reported significant improvements in voice-related quality of life. If larger studies confirm our results, VIM DBS has the potential to become a treatment specifically for disabling VT.

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