“Short term surgical complications after subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease: does old age matter?”

Background Patients aged 65 years and older are not traditionally considered optimal candidates for subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS), mainly for their presumed increased incidence of surgical complications. The aim of this study was to assess STN-DBS surgery safety in relation to age. Me...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Levi, Vincenzo [verfasserIn]

Carrabba, Giorgio

Rampini, Paolo

Locatelli, Marco

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2015

Schlagwörter:

Deep brain stimulation

Parkinson’s disease

Age

Complications

Anmerkung:

© Levi et al. 2015

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: BMC geriatrics - London : BioMed Central, 2001, 15(2015), 1 vom: 06. Okt.

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:15 ; year:2015 ; number:1 ; day:06 ; month:10

Links:

Volltext

DOI / URN:

10.1186/s12877-015-0112-2

Katalog-ID:

SPR027476049

Nicht das Richtige dabei?

Schreiben Sie uns!