Under what circumstances would you consider awake mapping for DBS placement?
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Neurosurgery · Oregon Health & Science University
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DBS outcomes data now clearly support the notion that asleep image-guided DBS electrode placement outcomes for Parkinson's Disease are at least equivalent to awake surgery, with or without microelectrode recording. The real question at this point is under what conditions an awake DBS surgery is ever...
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