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JOURNAL REFERENCE: SCHUURMAN PR, BOSCH DA, MERKUS MP, SPEELMAN LD. LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF THALAMIC STIMULATION VERSUS THALAMOTOMY FOR TREMOR SUPPRESSION. MOV DISORD, 2008;23(8);1146-1153. THALAMIC STIMULATION AND THALAMOTOMY FOR TREATMENT OF TREMOR DUE TO PARKINSON'S DISEASE, ESSENTIAL TREMOR, AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WERE COMPARED IN A RANDOMIZED TRIAL. THE SYMPTOMATIC AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME WAS STUDIED AFTER 5 YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP. SIXTY-EIGHT PATIENTS WERE TREATED (45 PD, 13 ET, 10 MS) BY THALAMOTOMY (N = 34) OR THALAMIC STIMULATION (N = 34). AFTER 5 YEARS, 48 PATIENTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR FOLLOW-UP. REPORTABLE EVENT: FOUR PATIENTS ASSESSED THEIR OUTCOME AT FIVE YEARS AS WORSE COMPARED TO 8 PATIENTS THAT HAD THALAMOTOMY. SEE MFG REPORT 2182207-2008-05826.