20 things to know about deep brain stimulation / / Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr
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| Autore: |
Montgomery Erwin B., Jr.
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| Titolo: |
20 things to know about deep brain stimulation / / Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Brain stimulation |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | 20 things to know about deep brain stimulation |
| ISBN: | 0-19-933884-1 |
| 0-19-020974-7 | |
| 0-19-933883-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788079203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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