20 things to know about deep brain stimulation / / Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788079203321
• Autore: Montgomery Erwin B., Jr.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-19-933884-1; 0-19-020974-7; 0-19-933883-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8
• Soggetti: Brain stimulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: What is deep brain stimulation? -- Why DBS? -- DBS is effective for patients with Parkinson's disease -- Identifying the least acceptable deep brain stimulation candidates among patients with Parkinson's disease -- Post-operative management of patients with Parkinson disease -- DBS is safe and effective for essential tremor -- Identifying the least acceptable deep brain stimulation candidates among patients with essential tremor -- Post-operative care for essential tremor -- DBS is safe and effective for patients with dystonia -- Identifying the least acceptable DBS candidates among patients with dystonia -- Post-operative management of patients with dystonia -- Deep brain stimulation is safe and effective for Tourette's syndrome -- Identifying the least acceptable DBS candidates among patients with Tourette's syndrome -- Deep brain stimulation for cerebellar outflow tremor -- Deep brain stimulation for hyperkinetic disorders -- DBS is safe and effective for obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Could DBS be effective in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder -- Deep brain stimulation and insights to pathophysiology and physiology -- Ethical issues of DBS -- The future of deep brain stimulation.
• Sommario/riassunto: An iconoclast in-depth analysis of the current understanding of DBS: efficacy, safety, indications, selection criteria and post-operative ; management. This book is an epistemic analysis of the presumptions, assumptions and fallacies. It provides the revolutionary potential and the complexity of DBS in changing healthcare delivery; the ethics are discussed in detail.