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Complications of DBS surgery — insights from large databases

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Analysis of data from a large number of deep brain stimulation (DBS) recipients in North America has revealed a higher rate of revisions and removals of DBS leads than was previously reported. Hardware malfunction, lead infection and malpositioning were the most frequent reasons for revision or removal.

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Figure 1: Complications of deep brain stimulation surgery.

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  1. Elena Moro is at the Division of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, 38043 Grenoble, CS 10217, France.,

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The author has received personal compensation for serving on the Medtronic scientific advisory board. She has also received speaker honoraria from Medtronic.

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Moro, E. Complications of DBS surgery — insights from large databases. Nat Rev Neurol 12, 617–618 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2016.163

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