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Stereotaktische Behandlung der Wilsonschen Krankheit   [Other Title]

Stereotactic Treatment of Wilson's Disease   [Title Translation]
Year of origin: 1966, 1970, 1973
Genre: Documentary Film
Locations of shooting: n/a

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Production company: IWF (Göttingen)
First released by: IWF (Göttingen)
Distributor: IWF (Göttingen)
Author: Hans Orthner
  Fritz Roeder


Keywords: hepatolentikuläre Degeneration, stereotaktische Behandlung, Wilson-Pseudosklerose, hepatolenticular degeneration, Stereotactic treatment, Wilson's disease
Stereotactic management is indicated in cases of the "pseudosclerotic" type of Wilson's disease when "positive" movement disorders of extra-pyramidal origin (after Purdon Martin), such as rigidity and hyperkinesia, fail to respond adequately to medical management because of irreversible damage to brain. Motor function can be permanently improved by placing precise lesions in the antagonistic systems activated or released by the disease process if sufficient postoperative treatment with Penicillamine and potassium sulfide prevents further storage of copper in the body and additional damage to the central nervous system. The film presents a female patient who, at the age of 26 years, developed a severe right-sided intention tremor. At 29 minor disturbances appeared on the left. She was totally incapacitated by this movement disorder, and medically-induced excretion of large amounts of copper yielded only slight improvement. A left thalamotomy performed at 32 years of age resulted in almost total disappearance of her right-sided symptoms, and the use of her right arm is virtually normal 8 years postoperatively. A trick film technique is used to illustrate both the interplay of the extra-pyramidal motor system and the site of malfunction in this patient. It also axplains the stereotaxic procedure that eliminated the motor dysfunction.

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