edited by Gordon H. Baltuch
An essential tool that lucidly covers all the essential elements of this revolutionary surgical technique, Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease:
- is as an invaluable resource and teaching guide for patient evaluation and the selection of candidates for surgery
- isoffers lucid descriptions of the surgical technique for STN DBS placement, reviewing both frame- and frameless-based approaches
- isconsiders the morbidity and mortality associated with the procedure and details strategies for complication avoidance
- isdiscusses pre- and post-operative management protocols, from the intensive care unit to rehabilitative settings
- ispresents a systematic approach to programming STN with a series of real-world case examples
- isbroaches the difficult topic of medication adjustment in the post-DBS patient for enhanced patient recovery, including illustrative case examples
- isreviews the effect of STN DBS surgery on speech, balance, autonomic function, sleep, and weight
- isconsiders ethical and quality-of-life issues for DBS patients
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease expertly examines all aspects of DBS from history and theory to patient evaluation, recovery, and rehabilitation.
Contents
- The History of Deep Brain Stimulation
- Deep Brain Stimulation: Anatomnical, Physiological, and Computational Mechanisms
- Indications for Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
- Pre-op Assessment and Teaching
- Surgical Technique for Leksell-Frame Based Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus
- Frameless Stereotaxy for Placement of Deep Brain Stimulators
- Complications and Avoidance
- Programming DBS
- Medication Adjustment After Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery of the Subthalamic Nucleus
- Motor Outcomes
- Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation and Non-motor-symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
- Neuropsychiatric Complications and DBS in Parkinson's Disease
- Quality-of-Life Outcomes Following Stereotactic Surgery for Parkinson's Disease
- Conducting Clinical Trials of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease
- Ethical Issues in Deep Brain Stimulation
Index
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