Lead Fractures in Deep Brain Stimulation during Long-Term Follow-Up

Lead Fractures in Deep Brain Stimulation during Long-Term Follow-Up

The purpose was to determine the incidence of lead fracture in patients with DBS over a long period of time. We present a retrospective study of 208 patients who received 387 DBS electrodes. Fourteen patients had sixteen lead fractures (4% of the implanted leads) and two patients suffered from 2 lea...

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Main Authors: Fernando Seijo Fernández, Marco Antonio Alvarez Vega, Aida Antuña Ramos, Fernando Fernández González, Beatriz Lozano Aragoneses
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Parkinson's Disease
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/409356
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