Experience Reduces Surgical and Hardware-Related Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: A Single-Center Study of 181 Patients Operated in Six Years

<div>Operative complications due to deep brain stimulation surgery. (a, b) Right caudate hematoma with intraventricular hemorrhage. (c) Venous hemorrhagic infarction around the left-sided DBS lead; (d) 6-month follow-up FLAIR MRI. (e, f) Pre- and postoperative images of the left-sided chronic subdural hematoma over the parietal cortex. Note that the frontal component of the cSDH was left intact to avoid iatrogenic injury to the lead.</div>

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Figure 1: Experience Reduces Surgical and Hardware-Related Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: A Single-Center Study of 181 Patients Operated in Six Years 

Figure 1 | Experience Reduces Surgical and Hardware-Related Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: A Single-Center Study of 181 Patients Operated in Six Years 