A Rare Case of Green Gelatinous Mass Formation on a Deep Brain Stimulation Implantable Pulse Generator (Letter)
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Poortvliet, Peter C
Mellick, George
Coyne, Terry
Silburn, Peter
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Year published
2020
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Although the perioperative period of deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatment is undoubtedly pivotal for immediate therapeutic success, long-term treatment efficacy and reliability ultimately depend on the durability, functionality and (bio)compatibility of all implanted components. While routine monitoring generally helps prevent or timely correct potential functionality and durability issues, biocompatibility issues can be challenging to appropriately and timely diagnose and manage.Although the perioperative period of deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatment is undoubtedly pivotal for immediate therapeutic success, long-term treatment efficacy and reliability ultimately depend on the durability, functionality and (bio)compatibility of all implanted components. While routine monitoring generally helps prevent or timely correct potential functionality and durability issues, biocompatibility issues can be challenging to appropriately and timely diagnose and manage.
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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
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© 2020 The Korean Movement Disorder Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Industrial biotechnology
Clinical sciences