Lead Fractures in Deep Brain Stimulation during Long-Term Follow-Up

Table 1

C1, C2, C3, C5, C6: cervical vertebral body. CL: cluster headache. DBS: deep brain stimulation. H: hypothalamus. M: male. F: female. PD: Parkinson’s disease. STN: subthalamic nucleus. T1: thoracic vertebral body. VIM: ventralis intermediate nucleus.

Patient/Sex	Diagnostic/ Place of implant DBS	Age	Date of implant	Date of break	Place of break	Distance of break (mm)	Conexion model
1M	Tremors/VIM	28	01/20/1998	10/03/2001	C5	12.1	7495
2M	E.P/ NST	63	05/26/2001	04/22/2008	C3	9.2	7495
3F	E.P/NST	54	05/22/2003	02/01/2006	T1,	13.22	7489
			05/25/2006	01/10/2007	mastoid	9.9	7489
4F	E.P/NST	56	06/24/2004	06/01/2006	C5	9.7	7489
5F	E.P/NST	69	04/14/2005	01/03/2007	C1,	11.30	7489
			04/17/2007	02/21/2008	mastoid	9.83	7489
6F	CL/H	47	02/19/2006	09/04/2007	C6	13.3	7489
7M	E.P/NST	40	07/05/2006	01/16/2008	C5	12.39	7489
8M	E.P/NST	75	03/23/2003	04/11/2007	C2	9.44	7489
9M	E.P/NST	59	02/05/2004	09/10/2008	mastoid	11.68	7489
10M	E.P/NST	59	06/14/2007	09/22//2008	mastoid	9.52	7489
11F	E.P/NST	72	06/24/2003	10/15/2007	C5	9.61	7489
12M	E.P/NST	60	04/11/2002	09/10/2007	C2	9	7489
13M	E.P/NST	61	05/19/2005	11/19/2008	C2	8.2	7489
14M	E.P/NST	58	11/03/2005	06/24/2008	mastoid	8.8	7489