The role of intraoperative microelectrode recording and stimulation in subthalamic lead placement for Parkinson's disease.

Vesna MalinovaAnabel PinterCristina DragaescuVeit RohdeClaudia TrenkwalderFriederike Sixel-DöringKajetan L von Eckardstein

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Intraoperative testing is mandatory to ensure an optimal motor outcome of STN DBS in PD-patients when using quadripolar ring electrodes. However, we also demonstrated that neither the length of the STN-signal on MER nor the number of test electrodes influenced the motor outcome.

Keyphrases

deep brain stimulation
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
parkinson disease
newly diagnosed
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
reduced graphene oxide
left ventricular
ultrasound guided
solid state
patient reported