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A recent study conducted at the University of Colorado in Aurora, Colorado, explored the relationship between brain shift and intracranial air accumulation in patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. The researchers retrospectively evaluated 46 patients who underwent staged DBS surgery and analyzed postoperative computed tomography (CT) images. They found that intracranial air accumulation following the first electrode implantation was significantly correlated with brain shift on the ipsilateral side, but there was minimal contralateral shift. However, the mean magnitude of brain shift was less than 1.0 mm, suggesting that intracranial air accumulation may not produce clinically significant brain shift in these patients. [Extracted from the article] |
