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20 things to know about deep brain stimulation /

An iconoclast in-depth analysis of the current understanding of DBS: efficacy, safety, indications, selection criteria and post-operative management. This book is an epistemic analysis of the presumptions, assumptions and fallacies. It provides the revolutionary potential and the complexity of DBS i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montgomery, Erwin B., Jr (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is deep brain stimulation?
  • Why DBS?
  • DBS is effective for patients with Parkinson's disease
  • Identifying the least acceptable deep brain stimulation candidates among patients with Parkinson's disease
  • Post-operative management of patients with Parkinson disease
  • DBS is safe and effective for essential tremor
  • Identifying the least acceptable deep brain stimulation candidates among patients with essential tremor
  • Post-operative care for essential tremor
  • DBS is safe and effective for patients with dystonia
  • Identifying the least acceptable DBS candidates among patients with dystonia
  • Post-operative management of patients with dystonia
  • Deep brain stimulation is safe and effective for Tourette's syndrome
  • Identifying the least acceptable DBS candidates among patients with Tourette's syndrome
  • Deep brain stimulation for cerebellar outflow tremor
  • Deep brain stimulation for hyperkinetic disorders
  • DBS is safe and effective for obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Could DBS be effective in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Deep brain stimulation and insights to pathophysiology and physiology
  • Ethical issues of DBS
  • The future of deep brain stimulation.