Hydrocephalus after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease

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.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Hydrocephalus after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease ; volume:14 ; number:02 ; year:2019 ; pages:538-540 ; Asian journal of neurosurgery ; 14, Heft 02 (2019), 538-540

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Zekaj, Edvin ; Saleh, Christian ; Servello, Domenico

Further information

• DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_136_18
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022111711433078951956
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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