Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery
Overview
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a medical procedure that involves a mild electrical current delivered to a specific part of your brain. The electricity in that current stimulates the brain cells in that area, which can help several conditions. The current reaches your brain through one or more wires attached to a small device implanted underneath your skin near your collarbone.
Who needs deep brain stimulation?
DBS treats conditions that affect how your neurons — a key type of brain cell — do their job. When neurons aren't working properly, that affects the abilities those neurons control. Depending on how severe the problem is, they can either partly or completely lose those abilities.
Why is DBS used?
There are billions of neurons in each human brain, and these cells communicate with each other using electrical and chemical signals. Several brain conditions can make neurons in different parts of your brain less active. When that happens, those parts of your brain don’t work as well. Depending on the part of the brain affected, you can have disruptions in the abilities controlled in that area.
DBS uses an artificial electrical current to make those neurons more active, which can help with the symptoms of several different brain conditions. However, researchers still don’t know exactly how or why this works.
What conditions and symptoms can DBS treat?
DBS can treat several conditions that affect your brain, including movement disorders, mental health conditions and epilepsy.
DBS has approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat the following conditions:
- Dystonia.
- Essential tremor.
- Medication-resistant epilepsy.
- Parkinson’s disease (when this condition worsens and medication is not as effective).
- Medication-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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DBS Stage 1 : Components and Preparation
DBS Head Ring Assembly
Components:
- Head Ring Screws (4)
- Ear Bar Kit (2)
- Head Ring Wrench (2)
- Anterior and Posterior Head Posts (4)
CT Localizer Frame/Drum
A standard in CT image localization for stereotactic procedures, requiring no clamping or scanner alignment when used with StereoCalc or NeuroSight Arc software for target calculations.
CRW Precision Arc System
CRW Precision Arc System
CRW Precision Arc System
CRW Precision™ Arc systems allows clinicians to repeatedly target with sub-millimeter accuracy. Rigid patient stability is maintained throughout the stereotactic procedure.
Phantom Base System
CRW Precision Arc System
CRW Precision Arc System
A unique phantom base (CRWPBS) functions to provide additional quality
assurance through an independent target setting verification
DBS Stage 1 : OR Bed Preparation
Mayfield Ultra 360
(Location: On top of the DBS Cart)
Used with:
Mayfield NeuroGen Adaptor
Mayfield NeuroGen Adaptor (Bar)
It is important to clamp the adaptor on the torso part of the bed to allow the ultra 360 arm to extend out.