Effect of subthalamic deep brain stimulation on the function of the urinary bladder

Ann Neurol. 2004 Jan;55(1):118-20. doi: 10.1002/ana.10806.

Abstract

Detrusor hyperreflexia is a relevant clinical symptom for patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. In a series of 16 patients, we demonstrated that subthalamic deep brain stimulation has a significant and urodynamically recordable effect leading to a normalization of pathologically increased bladder sensibility.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / complications
  • Parkinson Disease / physiopathology*
  • Parkinson Disease / therapy
  • Subthalamic Nucleus / physiology*
  • Urinary Bladder / physiology
  • Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / etiology
  • Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / physiopathology
  • Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / therapy*
  • Urodynamics / physiology