[Anesthetic management of a patient with deep brain stimulators].
A 68-year man with severe Parkinson's disease who had been implanted with deep brain stimulators into both sides, received an emergency surgery uneventfully under general anesthesia with standard monitoring. During the operation, the surgeon turned off the impulse generators and used bipolar diathermy. Postoperatively, he had transient episodes of severe Parkinson symptoms, which were controled by levodopa drugs.
Okajima
Hanae
H
Department of Anesthesia, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe 651-2273.
Ushio
Masahiro
M
Higuchi
Yasuko
Y
Tanaka
Yasushi
Y
Iijima
Katsuhiro
K
Horikawa
Yoshio
Y
Ijichi
Kazuko
K
Tanaka
Osamu
O
D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D019990:Perioperative Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D007980:Levodopa