A long-term follow-up of weight changes in subthalamic nucleus stimulated Parkinson's disease patients.

Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) constitutes the mainstay treatment in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) with motor fluctuations. Despite its efficacy on motor signs and quality of life, emergent adverse events have been recently reported. Among them, weight gain (WG) is a recognized adverse event of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD).