Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 153-162 , March 2010

Identification and management of deep brain stimulation intra- and postoperative urgencies and emergencies

  • Takashi Morishita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Kelly D. Foote

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Adam P. Burdick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • ,
  • Yoichi Katayama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Division of Applied System Neuroscience, Department of Advanced Medical Science, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Takamitsu Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Division of Applied System Neuroscience, Department of Advanced Medical Science, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Steven J. Frucht

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Michael S. Okun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurology, McKnight Brain Institute, Medical Director National Parkinson Foundation, 100 S Newell Dr, Room L3-101, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. Tel.: +1 352 273 5550; fax: +1 352 273 5575.

Received 30 June 2009 ,Revised 23 September 2009 ,Accepted 1 October 2009.

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by the Co-Editor-in-Chief, Zbigniew Wszolek.

PII: S1353-8020(09)00235-1

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.10.003

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 153-162 , March 2010

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