It was reported that the patient with dbs implantation (dbs user of over 10 years) was hospitalized in an emergency and an operation for ileus was performed. the stimulator was turned off beforehand.After entering the operating room, when the anesthesia was about to be administered, the patient experienced a generalized convulsive seizure and upward eye movement symptoms (the patient experienced rebound convulsions when therapy was turned on following acute cessation of dbs therapy).In order to confirm that the connection with the stimulation being off, when the stimulator was switched on, after 1 to 2 minutes, the convulsion subsided.It was confirmed that there were no problems with the focal point of the eye and also with the state of consciousness. the operation was performed with stimulation on.The patient was in observation after resuming stimulation.Additional information was received from a manufacturer representative (rep) reporting that because the patient is using two inss, it is unknown which ins was involved with this event.Refer to manufacturer report #2182207-2022-00651 for related device.
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