DBS Under General Anesthesia: Comparison To The Standard Technique

Completed

Conditions studied: Parkinson's Disease

In brief

There is a growing trend in functional neurosurgery toward direct anatomical targeting for deep brain stimulation (DBS). This study describes a method and reports the initial experience placing DBS electrodes under general anesthesia without the use of microelectrode recordings (MER), using a portable head CT scanner to verify accuracy intra-operatively.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01997398

Run by

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix

People needed

35

Starts

2012-11-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient's who have undergone DBS surgery under general anesthesia without electrophysiology, utilizing a portable head CT scanner to verify accuracy intra-operatively.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient's who have undergone DBS surgery awake, without general anesthesia and with electrophysiology.

Where it is running

• St. Joseph's Hospiatl & Medical Center / Barrow Neurological Institute — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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