Gorecki J P, Nashold B S, Rubin L, Ovelmen-Levitt J
Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA.
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 1995;65(1-4):111-6. doi: 10.1159/000098679.
The results of 46 nucleus caudalis DREZ coagulations performed at Duke in the preceding 5 years are reviewed retrospectively, with a mean follow-up of 32 months. Fifteen (38%) of 39 patients with complete data indicated that they would undergo the procedure again. Fifteen (38%) described improved quality of life. Outcome was fair or better in 18 (46%). Complications in the form of ataxia were present in 21 (54%).
