## Abstract Deep brain stimulation is a therapeutic technique increasingly used in the treatment of a variety of neurological, psychiatric, and pain disorders. Although beneficial, it carries the immediate and longβterm risks associated with implanted hardware in the brain parenchyma and subcutaneo
Hardware-related complications of deep brain stimulation: a ten year experience
β Scribed by P. Blomstedt; M. I. Hariz
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 147
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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