Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Middle Black Sea Journal of Health Science , cilt.10, sa.1, ss.119-122, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and its prevalence
has been projected to double over the next 30 years. The diagnosis of PD is bradykinesia and resting
tremor or rigidity. PD is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with both motor and nonmotor
symptoms. There are many medical options for the treatment of PD but levodopa remains the
mainstay. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a safe neurosurgical symptomatic treatment for eligible
patients with advanced disease in whom medical therapy fails to provide adequate symptom control
and a good quality of life or in whom dopaminergic drugs cause severe side effects such as
dyskinesias. In this case report, a 44-year-old female patient with a history of tremor and genetic
Parkinson's disease, who presented to the clinic with the complaint of excessive increase in tremor
in recent years, firstly with drug treatment and then with DBS treatment is reported