Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology (IMSB), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023 Jul;112:105490. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105490. Epub 2023 Jun 17.
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.
深部脑刺激（DBS）是治疗原发性震颤（ET）的一种成熟疗法。帕金森病的 DBS 存在性别差异已得到认可。在这项系统的图表回顾中，我们还观察到 DBS 治疗 ET 也存在性别差异。主要原因是女性在接受手术评估的转介中代表性不足。
