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Clinical Trial
. 2007 Jul 30;22(10):1486-1489.
doi: 10.1002/mds.21481.

Thirty days complication rate following surgery performed for deep-brain-stimulation

Jürgen Voges  1 , Rüdiger Hilker  1 , Kai Bötzel  2 , Karl L Kiening  3 , Manja Kloss  3 , Andreas Kupsch  4 , Alfons Schnitzler  5 , Gerd-Helge Schneider  4 , Ulrich Steude  2 , Günther Deuschl  6 , Markus O Pinsker  6
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Clinical Trial

Thirty days complication rate following surgery performed for deep-brain-stimulation

Jürgen Voges et al. Mov Disord. .

Abstract

Serious adverse events (SAEs) during the first 30 postoperative days after stereotactic surgery for Deep-Brain-Stimulation performed in 1,183 patients were retrospectively collected from five German stereotactic centers. The mortality rate was 0.4% and causes for death were pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, hepatopathy, and a case of complicated multiple sclerosis. The permanent surgical morbidity rate was 1%. The most frequently observed SAEs were intracranial hemorrhage (2.2%) and pneumonia (0.6%). Skin infection occurred in 5 of 1,183 patients (0.4%). Surgical complications caused secondary AEs (e.g. pneumonia) preferentially in older patients and in patients treated for Parkinson's disease (PD). Complication rates did not differ among the five centers.

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