Diagnosis and treatment of complications related to deep brain stimulation hardware

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1398-1406

  Baizabal Carvallo, José Fidel ^a   Simpson, Richard ^b   Jankovic, Joseph ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Deep brain stimulation; Infection; Movement disorders; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE MALFUNCTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EDEMA; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODE MIGRATION; ELECTRODE MISPLACEMENT; EROSION; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; FRACTURED WIRE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HARDWARE COMPLICATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES;

EID: 79960582626     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23800     Document Type: Review

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