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JOURNAL REFERENCE: LOHER TJ, CAPELLE HH, KAELIN-LANG A, ET AL. DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR DYSTONIA: OUTCOME AT LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP. J NEUROL. 2008;255(6):881-884. DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) HAS EMERGED AS A USEFUL THERAPEUTIC OPTION FOR PTS WITH INSUFFICIENT BENEFIT FROM CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT. NINE PTS HAD UNDERGONE PALLIDAL STIMULATION EXCEPT ONE PT WITH PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA WHO UNDERWENT THALAMIC STIMULATION. DBS MAINTAINS MARKED LONG-TERM SYMPTOMATIC AND FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE MAJORITY OF PTS WITH DYSTONIA. REPORTABLE EVENT: IN PT 8, A FEMALE AT IMPLANT, THERE WAS CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT OF ALL COMPONENTS OF DYSTONIA EXCEPT FOR BLEPHAROSPASM BEYOND 3 YEARS FOLLOW-UP, WHICH HAS BEEN WELL CONTROLLED SINCE THEN, HOWEVER, WITH BOTULINUM TOXIN INJECTIONS. SEE MFG REPORT #2182207-2008-06762.