Decreasing battery life in subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease with repeated replacements: just a matter of energy delivered?

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS) with non-rechargeable implantable pulse generators (IPGs) require elective IPG replacement operations involving surgical and anesthesiologic risk. Life expectancy and the number of replacements per patient with DBS are increasing.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - February 22, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Simon Daniel Israeli-Korn, Tsvia Fay-Karmon, Steven Tessler, Gilad Yahalom, Sandra Benizri, Hanna Strauss, Zion Zibly, Roberto Spiegelmann, Sharon Hassin-Baer Source Type: research