Management of hardware infections following deep brain stimulation
β Scribed by Y. Temel; L. Ackermans; H. Celik; G. H. Spincemaille; C. van der Linden; G. H. Walenkamp; T. van de Kar; V. Visser-Vandewalle
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 146
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Deep brain stimulation for the alleviation of movement disorders and pain is now an established therapy. However, very little has been published on the topic of hardware failure in the treatment of such conditions irrespective of clinical outcome. Such device-related problems lead to significant pat
## 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
## Abstract We describe the unusual clinical course of a patient with cranial dystonia (i.e., Meige syndrome) and additional upper limb involvement, who developed sustained relief of motor symptoms following cessation of a prolonged course of bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS). Early r