Surgical Complications in Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: Experience in 800 Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We present our surgical complications resulting in neurological deficit or additional surgery during 25 years of DBS of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) for Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods

We conducted a retrospective chart review of all PD patients that received STN DBS in our DBS center between 1998 and 2023. Outcomes were complications resulting in neurological deficit or additional surgery. Potential risk factors (number of microelectrode recording tracks, age, anesthesia method, hypertension, and sex) for symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) were analyzed. Furthermore, lead fixation techniques were compared.

Results

Eight hundred PD patients (507 men, 293 women) received unilateral (n = 11) or bilateral (n = 789) implantation of STN electrodes.

SUBMITTER: Holewijn RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11457978 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature