Additional Benefit of Intraoperative Electroacupuncture in Improving Tolerance of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgical Procedure in Parkinsonian Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective technique to treat patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. The surgical procedure of DBS implantation is generally performed under local anesthesia due to the need for intraoperative clinical testing. However, this procedure is long (5-7 h on average) and, therefore, the objective that the patient remains co-operative and tolerates the intervention well is a real challenge.

Objective

To evaluate the additional benefit of electroacupuncture (EA) performed intraoperatively to improve the comfort of parkinsonian patients during surgical DBS implantation.

Methods

This single-center randomized study compared two groups of patients. In the first group, DBS implantation was performed under local anesthesia alone, wh

SUBMITTER: Raoul S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9145270 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature