What is it about?
The results of a prospective multicentric study of deep brain stimulation (bilateral thalamic) in patients affected by disorders of consciousness
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Why is it important?
Our study is the first prospective multicentric study showing that bilateral thalamic stimulation improves consciousness in patients affected by long term(more than two years) post-traumatic disorders of consciousness. Our results indicate that all patients improved but none regained full consciousness.
Perspectives
Our study suggest that we need a deeper neurophysiological characterization of patients affected by disorder of consciousness in order to improve the results of deep brain stimulation.
Prof Lorenzo Magrassi
University of Pavia
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This page is a summary of: Results of a prospective study (CATS) on the effects of thalamic stimulation in minimally conscious and vegetative state patients, Journal of Neurosurgery, October 2016, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG),
DOI: 10.3171/2015.7.jns15700.
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