Results of Treatment of Athetosis by Section of Extrapyramidal Tracts in the Spinal Cord

The Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders

“…All five patients experienced diminished athetosis with the only adverse events being a mild motor deficit and hemianalgesia (Putnam, 1933). In a larger sample, 17 of 23 patients experienced improvement of athetosis for up to 5 years, but adverse effects included transient flaccid paralysis, transient incontinence, hemianesthesia, decreased male sexual function, and respiratory complications that led to death in three patients (Putnam, 1938.…”

The Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders

“…All five patients experienced diminished athetosis with the only adverse events being a mild motor deficit and hemianalgesia (Putnam, 1933). In a larger sample, 17 of 23 patients experienced improvement of athetosis for up to 5 years, but adverse effects included transient flaccid paralysis, transient incontinence, hemianesthesia, decreased male sexual function, and respiratory complications that led to death in three patients (Putnam, 1938.…”

Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders: History and Update

“…The first extrapyramidal surgery involved the spinal cord. Putnam 6 treated choreoathetosis by an incision in the spinal cord just anterior to the pyramidal tract at the C4-5 level in 1933.…”

The Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders

“…All five patients experienced diminished athetosis with the only adverse events being a mild motor deficit and hemianalgesia (Putnam, 1933). In a larger sample, 17 of 23 patients experienced improvement of athetosis for up to 5 years, but adverse effects included transient flaccid paralysis, transient incontinence, hemianesthesia, decreased male sexual function, and respiratory complications that led to death in three patients (Putnam, 1938.…”

Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders: History and Update

“…The first extrapyramidal surgery involved the spinal cord. Putnam 6 treated choreoathetosis by an incision in the spinal cord just anterior to the pyramidal tract at the C4-5 level in 1933.…”

The Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders

“…All five patients experienced diminished athetosis with the only adverse events being a mild motor deficit and hemianalgesia (Putnam, 1933). In a larger sample, 17 of 23 patients experienced improvement of athetosis for up to 5 years, but adverse effects included transient flaccid paralysis, transient incontinence, hemianesthesia, decreased male sexual function, and respiratory complications that led to death in three patients (Putnam, 1938.…”

Neurosurgical Treatment of Movement Disorders: History and Update

“…The first extrapyramidal surgery involved the spinal cord. Putnam 6 treated choreoathetosis by an incision in the spinal cord just anterior to the pyramidal tract at the C4-5 level in 1933.…”