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Hydrocephalus after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease
Author(s) -
Edvin Zekaj,
Christian Saleh,
Domenico Servello
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1793-5482
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_136_18
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , hydrocephalus , deep brain stimulation , intraventricular hemorrhage , surgery , incidence (geometry) , cerebrospinal fluid , anesthesia , disease , parkinson's disease , pregnancy , physics , biology , optics , genetics , gestational age
A fearsome complication of deep brain stimulation (DBS) constitutes intracranial hemorrhage. Incidence rates vary between 0.5% and 5%, with 1.1% of cases resulting in permanent deficit or death. Intracranial hemorrhage can present asymptomatically or result in fatal outcome. A rare complication in this setting is acute hydrocephalus due to obstruction of the cerebrospinal fluid flow. This complication might have catastrophic consequences resulting in death in a few hours if not an external ventricular drainage promptly is placed. We report a patient with acute hydrocephalus due to intraventricular hemorrhage after the DBS procedure. Patients should be warned of this complication when informed consent is obtained.

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