TURKISH NEUROSURGERY, cilt.28, sa.3, ss.483-489, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
AIM: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgeries are multi-faceted and the various steps are interconnected. Since its first implementation, the method of DBS surgery has undergone changes. We have encountered several expected and also non-expected perioperative technical complications in the past seventeen years. Here, we describe the stereotactic frame, stereotactic localizer and planning station related complications and how we have managed them as much as possible.