Intraoperative microelectrode recording under general anesthesia guided subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: One institution's experience

Abstract

GA is viable and comparable to LA in MER guided STN-DBS for PD, regarding electrode implantation accuracy, clinical outcome and adverse events. Notably, GA is more friendly and acceptable to the patients who are incapable of enduring intraoperative MER under LA.