"twiddler syndrome" in two patients with deep brain stimulation

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-491

  Gelabert Gonzalez, Miguel ^a   Relova Quinteiro, José Luis ^a   Castro García, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Subthalamic nucleus; Surgical complication; Twiddler syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIDDLER SYNDROME; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949271609     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0366-6     Document Type: Article

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