Decreasing battery life in subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease with repeated replacements: Just a matter of energy delivered?

Background: People with Parkinson's disease (PD) treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS) with non-rechargeable implantable pulse generators (IPGs) require elective IPG replacement operations involving surgical and anesthesiologic risk. Life expectancy and the number of replacements per patien...

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Main Authors: Simon Daniel Israeli-Korn, Tsviya Fay-Karmon, Steven Tessler, Gilad Yahalom, Sandra Benizri, Hanna Strauss, Zion Zibly, Roberto Spiegelmann, Sharon Hassin-Baer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
Subjects:
STN
IPG
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X19300610

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