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Surgical Management of Deep Brain Stimulator Infection without Electrode Removal: Report of Two Cases

Objective  Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus by implanted electrodes (deep brain stimulation [DBS]) is performed to suppress symptoms of Parkinson's disease. However, postoperative wound dehiscence and infection can require removal of the implanted electrode leads. This report describes tr...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Hiroaki, Rikimaru, Hideaki, Rikimaru-Nishi, Yukiko, Muraoka, Norihiro, Anegawa, Mina, Ueki, Shoya, Oishi, Ou, Kiyokawa, Kensuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-3399569