Reversible neurological symptoms caused by diathermy in a patient with deep brain stimulators: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Roark, Christopher ^a   Whicher, Steven ^a   Abosch, Aviva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Diathermy; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR; DIATHERMY; DIPLOPIA; EDEMA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RECURRENT DISEASE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DIATHERMY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 41749105346     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000311085.73519.B4     Document Type: Article

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