Spontaneous twiddler's syndrome in a patient with a deep brain stimulator

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 454-456

  Geissinger, Gregory ^a   Neal, John H ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Epilepsy; Essential tremor; Parkinson's disease; Twiddler's syndrome

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLYESTER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; OTALGIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROTATION; STRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSION; TREMOR; TWIDDLER SYNDROME;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RECURRENCE; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 34648837626     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.062     Document Type: Article

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