Extension Wire Fracture Associated with Neck Pain of Deep Brain Stimulation |
Seong-Soon Park, Myung-Ki Lee, Ik-Soo Kim, Chang-Ghu Ghang |
Department of Neurosurgery, Bong Seng Memorial Hospital, Busan, Korea |
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Abstract |
We report a unique case of sequentially bilateral extension wire fractures associated with neck pain in a 31-year-old man with motor tics and long histories of involuntary movement of neck treated by pallidal deep brain stimulation. A clinician should not overlook that extension wire related problems in the implanted patients presenting with recurrent symptoms and neck pain. |
Key Words:
Extension wire fracture, Deep brain stimulation. |
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