Safety considerations for deep brain stimulation: Review and analysis

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-420

  Grill, Warren M ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Electrical stimulation; Electrode; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Stimulator; Tissue response

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AUTOPSY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DEVICE INFECTION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EYE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GAIT DISORDER; GLIOSIS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PACEMAKER; PARESTHESIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PULSE GENERATOR; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SWINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22544434335     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.4.409     Document Type: Review

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