Cosmetic Posterior Implant of Internal Pulse Generators in Deep Brain Stimulation Procedures: Technical Report

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 729-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Messina ◽  
Michele Rizzi ◽  
Ivano Dones ◽  
Angelo Franzini
2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Fytagoridis ◽  
Tomas Heard ◽  
Jennifer Samuelsson ◽  
Peter Zsigmond ◽  
Elena Jiltsova ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Miyagi ◽  
Eiichirou Urasaki

BACKGROUNDDeep brain stimulation (DBS) is a powerful surgical option for drug-resistant movement disorders; however, electromagnetic interference (EMI) from external sources poses a potential risk for implanted electronics.OBSERVATIONSA 61-year-old woman with Parkinson’s disease originally had two implantable pulse generators (IPGs) for bilateral subthalamic DBS, which were then replaced with one dual-channel IPG routed in a loop. After the replacement surgery, with the same DBS programming as before the IPG replacement (bipolar setting for right, unipolar setting for left), the patient began to complain of transient paroxysmal diplopia. After multiple attempts to adjust the stimulation parameters, the diplopia was resolved by changing the left unipolar setting to a bipolar setting. At the authors’ institution, before the present case, four other patients had undergone IPG replacement with loop routing. None of these previous patients complained of diplopia; however, two of the four presented with diplopia in an experimental unipolar setting.LESSONSClinicians should be aware that loop-routed circuits may generate distortion of the stimulus field in DBS, even in the absence of external EMI sources.


2018 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 731-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott F. Lempka ◽  
Bryan Howell ◽  
Kabilar Gunalan ◽  
Andre G. Machado ◽  
Cameron C. McIntyre

Cureus ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen L Ho ◽  
Omar Choudhri ◽  
C. Kwang Sung ◽  
Elizabeth E DiRenzo ◽  
Casey H Halpern

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yislenz Narváez-Martínez ◽  
Pedro Roldán Ramos ◽  
John Alexander Hoyos ◽  
Diego Culebras ◽  
Yaroslau Compta ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (03) ◽  
pp. 223-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung-chul Son ◽  
Joong-Seok Kim ◽  
Woo-Chan Park ◽  
Hak-cheol Ko

Although deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been used for > 25 years in the treatment of movement disorders, no report has been published on the management of DBS pulse generators implanted in the anterior chest in patients with breast cancer who require mastectomy, radiotherapy, and future imaging studies.We describe a 62-year-old female patient with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) who was dependent on bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS. She was diagnosed with cancer in her left breast. To avoid difficulties in imaging studies, surgery, and radiotherapy related to the breast cancer, bilateral pulse generators for STN DBS previously implanted in the anterior chest wall were repositioned to the anterior abdominal wall with replacement of long extension cables. During mastectomy and the relocation of the pulse generators, we were not aware of the risks of an open circuit and neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome due to our limited knowledge about how to manage DBS hardware.Coincident breast cancer and the need for STN DBS is underreported. Considering the uncertainties in the management of pulse generators and the incidence of breast cancer, guidelines for handling DBS hardware in the setting of cancer are needed. More careful attention should be paid to performing magnetic resonance imaging in DBS-dependent patients with chronic PD.


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