Rationale and Clinical Pearls for Primary Care Doctors Referring Patients for Deep Brain Stimulation | Zendy

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Rationale and Clinical Pearls for Primary Care Doctors Referring Patients for Deep Brain Stimulation

Author(s) -

Daniel Martínez-Ramírez,

Michael S. Okun

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

gerontology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1423-0003

pISSN - 0304-324X

DOI - 10.1159/000354880

Subject(s) - deep brain stimulation , medicine , referral , movement disorders , dystonia , essential tremor , primary care , disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , intensive care medicine , parkinson's disease , psychiatry , family medicine

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical treatment involving the implantation of a brain lead connected to a chest-based neurostimulator similar to a cardiac pacemaker. The device can be programmed to deliver electrical impulses to neuromodulate abnormal brain circuitry in disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), and dystonia. As the number of patients receiving DBS surgery increases, it will be important for primary care doctors to identify reasonable DBS candidates for referral to an experienced center.

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