“Short term surgical complications after subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease: does old age matter?”

BACKGROUND: Patients aged 65 years and older are not traditionally considered optimal candidates for subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS), mainly for their presumed increased incidence of surgical complications. The aim of this study was to assess STN-DBS surgery safety in relation to age. M...

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Autores principales: Levi, Vincenzo, Carrabba, Giorgio, Rampini, Paolo, Locatelli, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26438346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0112-2

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