Gender Differences in Referrals for Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor

Overview

Journal Parkinsonism Relat Disord

Specialty Neurology

Date 2023 Jun 24

PMID 37354776

Authors

Paul Reker

Stefanie T Jost

Petra Schiller

Alexandra Gronostay

Gereon R Fink

Veerle Visser-Vandewalle

Keyoumars Ashkan

Alexandra Rizos

Pablo Martinez-Martin

Lena Strobel

Afsar Sattari

Lars Timmermann

Anna Sauerbier

K Ray Chaudhuri

Elke Kalbe

Haidar S Dafsari

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Abstract

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established treatment for essential tremor (ET). Gender differences in DBS have been recognized for Parkinson's disease. In this systematic chart review, we also observed a gender differences in DBS for ET. The main reason was an underrepresentation of women in referrals for surgical evaluation.

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