Parkinson Hastalığında Derin Beyin Stimülasyonundan Sonra Gait'in Tepkisiz Donması İçin Terapötik Bir Seçenek Olarak Bağırsak Levodopası / Karbidopa İnfüzyonu.

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BackgroundTreatment of freezing of gait (FOG) is always challenging because of its unpredictable nature and multifactorial physiopathology. Intestinal levodopa infusion has been proposed in recent years as a valuable option for its improvement. FOG in Parkinson's disease (PD) can appear after deep brain stimulation in patients who never had gait symptoms.ObjectiveTo study the effects of intestinal levodopa/carbidopa infusion in unresponsive-FOG that appears in PD patients treated with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation.MethodsWe retrospectively collected and analyzed demographic, clinical, and therapeutic data from five PD patients treated with subthalamic nucleus stimulation who developed unresponsive-FOG and received intestinal levodopa/carbidopa infusion as an alternative therapy. FOG was measured based on scores in item 14 of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale before and after intestinal levodopa infusion.ResultsAdministration of intestinal levodopa caused improvement of FOG in the "ON" state in four patients (80%) by 2 or more points in item 14 of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. The improvement was maintained for at least 12 months.ConclusionsIntestinal levodopa infusion may be a valuable therapeutic option for unresponsive-FOG developed after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation.

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