Journal article
Lesser-Known Aspects of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease: Programming Sessions, Hardware Surgeries, Residential Care Admissions, and Deaths
SS Xu, CB Malpas, KJ Bulluss, HJ McDermott, T Kalincik, W Thevathasan
Neuromodulation | ELSEVIER | Published : 2022
DOI: 10.1111/ner.13466
Abstract
Objective: The long-term treatment burden, duration of community living, and survival of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) after deep brain stimulation (DBS) implantation are unclear. This study aims to determine the frequency of programming, repeat hardware surgeries (of the intracranial electrode, implantable pulse generator [IPG], and extension-cable), and the timings of residential care and death in patients with PD treated with DBS. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional, population-based study, individual-level data were collected from the Australian government covering a 15-year period (2002–2016) on 1849 patients with PD followed from DBS implantation. Results: The mean ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Colonial Foundation, St Vincent's Hospital Research Endowment Fund, and the National Health and Medical Research Council (project grant #1103238). The Bionics Institute acknowledges the support it receives from the Victorian Government through its operational infrastructure program. San San Xu is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (postgraduate scholarship #GNT1133295). Tomas Kalincik is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne. Wesley Thevathasan is supported by Lions International and the National Health and Medical Research Council.