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Perioperative Emergencies Associated with Deep Brain Stimulation

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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has become an established procedure for movement and neuropsychiatric disorders. With the increased use of DBS, DBS-related problems have emerged as more common, and awareness of these issues has become more important for clinicians. Adverse events vary widely depending on the situation. We deal only with emergent situations here and separate the possible scenarios into: (1) perioperative (intra- and early postoperative) and (2) postoperative (following 2–4 weeks) settings. With ten clinical vignettes, we address how clinicians should appropriately detect and manage the emergent/urgent issues in a DBS cohort.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida Shands Hospital, McKnight Brain Institute Room L2-100 1149 South Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Takashi Morishita M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Scripps Clinic Medical Group, San Diego, CA, USA

    Adam P. Burdick M.D.

  3. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UF Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Michael S. Okun M.D.

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Morishita, T., Burdick, A.P., Okun, M.S. (2013). Perioperative Emergencies Associated with Deep Brain Stimulation. In: Frucht, S. (eds) Movement Disorder Emergencies. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-835-5_20

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