Unmet Need in Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease: Deep Brain Stimulation and Pregnancy

Authors

• Katarzyna Smilowska
• Raja Mehanna
• Jori E Fleisher
• Roy N Alcalay
• Kishore Raj Kumar
• Connie Marras
• Annelien M Oosterbaan
• Bart Post
• Owen A Ross
• Maria Elisa Pimentel Piemonte
• Valerie Fraix
• Elena Moro
• Eng King Tan
• Rodolfo Savica
• EOPD Task Force

Language

English

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Journal

Journal of Parkinson's Disease

DOI

10.3233/JPD-240088

PMID

38995803

PMCID

PMC11380313

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

9-3-2024

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

Pregnancy in women with early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD) is likely to have a higher frequency given the trend toward increasing maternal age, thus resulting in a greater overlap time between childbearing age and PD risk. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy is nowadays offered to PD patients at earlier stage of the disease, when women can still be pre-menopausal. However, few data are available about DBS safety during pregnancy. From a review of the available literature, only one article was published on this topic so far. Therefore, we have developed a clinical consensus on the safety of DBS during pregnancy in PD patients.

Keywords

Humans, Deep Brain Stimulation, Parkinson Disease, Pregnancy, Female, Pregnancy Complications, Age of Onset, Parkinson’s disease, deep brain stimulation, pregnancy

Published Open-Access

yes

Recommended Citation

Smilowska, Katarzyna; Mehanna, Raja; Fleisher, Jori E; et al., "Unmet Need in Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease: Deep Brain Stimulation and Pregnancy" (2024). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 3804.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthmed_docs/3804