Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: What are the risks of DBS Surgery?
It is normal we take risks when we receive any surgeries therapies . Therefore for a major DBS Surgery there are serious potential risk. Bleeding in the brain is common in the DBS Surgery thus producing a stroke. The effects of stroke range from mild to severe , intellectual impairment or death. the second risks is infection , it is life threatening if it is serious. Besides hardware may break or eorde with normal usage, requiring it to be replaced. There are complication rates in the first 30 days after DBS. There are death on pneumonia, pulmonary embolism in older patients. Teo Kim Hoe
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Dr. FernandezJoined: 20 Jan 2007Posts: 90
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject:
That is correct. But not all Centers are the same, just like no 2 surgeons are identical. In general, Centers who do DBS in a true multidisciplinary fashion tend to do better, and obviously, the more experienced the Center is, the more comofortable they are with the proceedure and the lower their complication rates are. Yours,_________________Hubert H. Fernandez
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