Choice of sedative for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson ’s disease: Our experience and comparison of two cases

Conclusion The choice of sedation for DBS in PD should take into consideration factors such as patient cooperation, ‘drug off’ state due to pre-op medication stoppage, GABA versus non-GABA mediated mechanism of drugs, amount of dependence on PD drugs, severity of disease and finally requirement of the testing team. No drug can be singled out to be better and must be chosen based on individual merits of the patient and disease.
Source: Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research