Deep Brain Stimulation surgery in Tourette’s Syndrome

Abstract

Background: Tourette’s syndrome is a psychiatric disorder characterized by motor, vocal tics, self-injurious problems and other psychiatric manifestations.

Materials and Methods: We treated 3 cases of Tourette’s syndrome with a variety of motor and vocal tics and other psychiatric manifestation with Deep Brain Stimulation surgery. The ages of patients were 22, 24 and 25 years old. All of them had been diagnosed more than 10 years and refractory to all psychiatric management. The target was chosen in anteromedial of GPi (bilateral).

Results: The follow-up of these patients is 6-12 months and during this time all of the patients had a significant improvement of 80-95%.

Conclusion: Although the number of our cases is too limited and no conclusion and be made based on that result, but we believe this result can help others to make the best decision of targeting for the management of Tourette’s syndrome.