Clinical characteristics of parkinsonian patients
| Patients | Age (y) | Disease duration (y) | Before surgery | After surgery | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoehn and Yahr (off/on) | Treatment (mg/day) | Hoehn and Yahr (off/on) | Treatment (mg/day) | ||||||||
| 1 | 40 | 15 | 5/4 | 1250 | 1.5/1 | 1100 | |||||
| 2 | 45 | 11 | 5/4 | 1550 | 1/0 | 525 | |||||
| 3 | 50 | 10 | 3/1.5 | 1550 | 1/0 | 200 | |||||
| 4 | 54 | 17 | 4/2 | 600 | 2/1 | 250 | |||||
| 5 | 65 | 11 | 5/2.5 | 1450 | 2/1 | 450 | |||||
| 6 | 46 | 15 | 5/3 | 1500 | 1.5/1 | 500 | |||||
| 7 | 59 | 14 | 5/1 | 1575 | 2.5/1 | 875 | |||||
| 8 | 61 | 8 | 4/2 | 1750 | 2/1 | 475 | |||||
| Mean | 52.5 | 12.6 | 4.5/2.5 | 1400 | 1.7/0.8 | 545 | |||||
| SEM | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.3/0.4 | 125 | 0.2/0.2 | 105 | |||||
Treatment is expressed in dosage of levodopa equivalent.
Hoehn and Yahr scores were assessed in the “off” and “on” drug conditions.