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Parkinson disease: The long-term benefits of early use of deep brain stimulation

In their article "Deep brain stimulation in early-stage Parkinson disease: Five-year outcomes,"1 Dr. Hacker and colleagues compared 2 groups of people with Parkinson disease (PD): those who only took medication for their PD and those who combined medications with deep brain stimulation (DBS). Other studies have taken a similar approach, but this study was different because it looked at people who had early PD. Most past studies have focused only on people with moderate or advanced PD. In addition, this study looked at outcomes after 5 years. Most studies are shorter, and do not look at how people do over a long period of time.



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