The safety and efficacy of subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients who have had a previous unilateral pallidotomy is not clear. We identified 10 patients (9 male) at the Baylor College of Medicine Parkinson's Disease Center who underwent STN DBS after prior unilateral pall
Electrode dysfunctions in patients with deep brain stimulation: a clinical retrospective study
✍ Scribed by Niels Allert; Markella Markou; Anna Antonina Miskiewicz; Lars Nolden; Hans Karbe
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 153
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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