Unit of Functional Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.
Neuromodulation. 2014 Dec;17(8):729-30. doi: 10.1111/ner.12156. Epub 2014 Feb 14.
The study aims to describe a novel cosmetic implantation technique of internal pulse generators (IPGs) for deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes.
Thirty Parkinson patients during the interval 2001 to 2012 underwent posterior (cervical, dorsal, and lateral subcostal ) subcutaneous implantation of DBS connection cables and IPGs in the prone position.
No surgical complications occurred in any of the patients who underwent this procedure; all of the patients reported a high level of satisfaction with the cosmetic results due to the excellent concealment of the implanted devices.
Although this procedure is a little more time consuming compared with the conventional procedure, it is safe and leads to very good cosmetic results in DBS patients, which has significant benefits from the standpoint of social and work activities.
本研究旨在描述一种深部脑刺激（DBS）电极内置脉冲发生器（IPG）的新型美容植入技术。
2001 年至 2012 年间的 30 例帕金森病患者在俯卧位下行 DBS 连接电缆和 IPG 的后（颈、背和侧肋下）皮下植入。
所有接受该手术的患者均未发生手术并发症；由于植入设备的隐蔽性极佳，所有患者均对美容效果非常满意。
虽然与传统手术相比，该手术耗时稍长，但安全可靠，能为 DBS 患者带来非常好的美容效果，从社交和工作活动的角度来看具有重要意义。
