Placement of the Internal Pulse Generator for Deep Brain Stimulation in the Upper Back to Prevent Fracture of the Extension Wire due to Generator Rotation: Case Report

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a common surgical procedure used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor. A potential complication of this procedure is hardware failure. The authors report a case of DBS hardware failure in which repeated fractures of the extension wir...

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Autores principales: Garg, Ankur, Mohan, Avinash L., Garell, P. Charles
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948892
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/189371

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948892
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/189371

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