Citation

Cyron D. Acta Neurochir. (Wien) 2010; 152(12): 2103-2104.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00701-010-0815-2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Dear Editor,I am indebted to Dr. Saleh for his thoughtful comments and supplementation of literature in response to our paper concerning modifications of target point in deep brain stimulation of Parkinson patients [2]. In the shortness of a case report, a balanced view may indeed not have emerged, and I am therefore grateful for the opportunity to expand the discussion.I am well aware of the striking ambiguity in the literature concerning negative impacts on mood and cognition. It may partially be explained by different quantity and quality of assessments. This will affect also meta-analyses as cited by Saleh [8]: if changes in incentive, social functioning and disinhibition are not recorded, they will not appear as adverse events. The literature in this domain is relatively scarce compared to the literature on motor outcomes and a recent meta-analysis [4] found only "mild post-operative impairments in verbal learning and executive function in patients who underwent DBS surgery", the...

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