Considerations for Improving Cost Benefit of Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Neurologic Diseases

World Neurosurg. 2015 Dec;84(6):1560-2. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.07.026. Epub 2015 Jul 17.

Authors

Francisco Velasco¹, Ana Luisa Velasco²

Affiliations

¹ Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: slanfe@prodigy.net.mx.
² Unit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

PMID: 26193671
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.07.026

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Keywords: Cost-effective analysis; Deep brain stimulation; Hardware-related complications; Internal pulse generator; Rechargeable battery.

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MeSH terms

Deep Brain Stimulation / instrumentation*
Electric Power Supplies / economics*
Electrodes, Implanted*
Female
Humans
Male