Publications by authors named "Damien Fetter"
Background: There is little experience with the effect of pregnancy on Parkinson disease because the number of women with Parkinson disease who are of childbearing age is small. We report four cases beginning during the postpartum period and discuss the potential contribution of different factors that may influence the occurrence of Parkinson disease in this time period.
Cases: Four women aged 29-35 years developed arm tremor, shoulder pain, dizziness, or decreased dexterity of the hand in the first few days or months after childbirth.
Background: Previous studies found a poor association between parkinsonian patient's reported subjective improvement after commencing dopaminergic treatment and improvements in objective measures of motor impairment by clinician.
Objective: To compare PD patient's subjective perceived motor improvement after acute levodopa challenge test with objective motor improvement assessed by the clinician using the UPDRS part III. To analyze clinical characteristics, i.
Background: Clinical pre-operative predictive factors of optimal STN-DBS motor outcome in Parkinson's disease (PD) have been previously reported. However, available data involving elderly patients are conflicting.
Objective: To compare early post-operative outcomes in parkinsonian patients younger than 65 years old (group 1) vs patients 65 years old or older (group 2) at the time of surgery.
Background: Pre-operative predictive factors for optimal post-operative effect of subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation in Parkinson's disease (PD) have been previously reported. No study has explicitly assessed the link between excess pre-operative body weight and STN stimulation outcome.
Methods: We retrospectively compared STN stimulation outcomes of 36 PD patients with excess pre-operative body weight (group 1) and 36 matched normal-weight pre-operative (group 2) PD patients.
Article Synopsis
- The study examined how simplifying the electrophysiological procedure affects outcomes after subthalamic nucleus implantation in Parkinson's disease.
- Microelectrode recordings were used on different numbers of trajectories for two groups, and clinical evaluations were conducted before and six months after surgery.
- Both groups showed significant improvements in movement scores after surgery, and the findings indicate that as the surgical team's experience grows, a simpler procedure may still yield effective results.
Objective: To describe demographic and clinical characteristics in a group of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with non-motor fluctuations (NMF) and to evaluate the management of medications proposed to treat NMF.
Methods: Three hundred and three PD patients (mean age, 66 ± 10.3 years; mean disease duration, 10.
Background: Decline in verbal fluency (VF) is frequently reported after chronic deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in Parkinson disease (PD).
Objective: We investigated whether the trajectory of the implanted electrode correlate with the VF decline 6 months after surgery.
Methods: We retrospectively analysed 59 PD patients (mean age, 61.
Backgrounds: An early and transient verbal fluency (VF) decline and impairment in frontal executive function, suggesting a cognitive microlesion effect may influence the cognitive repercussions related to subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS).
Methods: Neuropsychological tests including semantic and phonemic verbal fluency were administered both before surgery (baseline), the third day after surgery (T3), at six months (T180), and at an endpoint multiple years after surgery (Tyears).
Results: Twenty-four patients (mean age, 63.
A 66-year-old woman with advanced Parkinson disease (PD) was referred to our center for an adjustment of her antiparkinsonian medication. To reduce daily off-time, we introduced rasagiline 1 mg/d. Three days after starting this new treatment, she presented with intense arthralgia that symmetrically affected the shoulders, hands, and hips without myalgia.
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