Thalamic deep brain stimulation for writer's cramp.

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Chikashi Fukaya,Yoichi Katayama,Toshikazu Kano,Takafumi Nagaoka,Kazutaka Kobayashi,Hideki Oshima,Takamitsu Yamamoto,Chikashi Fukaya,Yoichi Katayama,Toshikazu Kano,Takafumi Nagaoka,Kazutaka Kobayashi,Hideki Oshima,Takamitsu Yamamoto,

OBJECT: Writer's cramp is a type of idiopathic focal hand dystonia characterized by muscle cramps that accompany execution of the writing task specifically. In this report, the authors describe the clinical outcome after thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy in patients with writer's cramp and present an illustrative case with which they compare the effects of pallidal and thalamic stimulation. In addition to these results for the clinical effectiveness, they also examine the best point and pattern for therapeutic stimulation of the motor thalamus, including the nucleus ventrooralis (VO) and the ventralis intermedius nucleus (VIM), for writer's cramp. METHODS: The authors applied thalamic DBS in five patients with writer's cramp. The inclusion criteria for the DBS trial in this disorder were a diagnosis of idiopathic writer's cramp and the absence of a positive response to medication. The exclusion criteria included significant cognitive dysfunction, active psychiatric symptoms, and evidence of other central nervous system diseases or other medical disorders. In one of the cases, DBS leads were implanted into both the globus pallidus internus and the VO/VIM, and test stimulation was performed for 1 week. The authors thus had an opportunity to compare the effects of pallidal and thalamic stimulation in this patient. RESULTS: Immediately after the initiation of thalamic stimulation, the neurological deficits associated with writer's cramp were improved in all five cases. Postoperatively all preoperative scale scores indicating the seriousness of the writer's cramp were significantly lower (p < 0.001). In the patient in whom two DBS leads were implanted, the clinical effect of thalamic stimulation was better than that of pallidal stimulation. During the thalamic stimulation, the maximum effect was obtained when stimulation was applied to both the VO and the VIM widely, compared with being applied only within the VO. CONCLUSIONS: The authors successfully treated patients with writer's cramp by thalamic DBS. Insofar as they are aware, this is the first series in which writer's cramp has been treated with DBS. Thalamic stimulation appears to be a safe and valuable therapeutic option for writer's cramp.

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C Fukaya,Y Katayama,T Kano,T Nagaoka,K Kobayashi,H Oshima,T Yamamoto,C Fukaya,Y Katayama,T Kano,T Nagaoka,K Kobayashi,H Oshima,T Yamamoto,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Journal of neurosurgery

VOLUME: 107

Page Numbers: 977-82

Journal Abbreviation: J. Neurosurg.

ISSN: 0022-3085

DAY: 5

MONTH: Nov

YEAR: 2007

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AFFILIATION: Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Division of Applied System Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan. chikashi@med.nihon-u.ac.jp

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