It was reported that the deep brain stimulation (dbs) patient fell and experienced lateralization of the body to the left, intense pain in the right clavicular region and no further improvement in therapy.High impedances were observed on the dbs leads which is associated with a partial rupture of the right electrode.The patient will undergo a revision procedure.Additional suspect medical device component involved in the event: product family: dbs-linear leads, upn: (b)(4), model: db-2201-45dc, serial: n/i, batch: n/i.
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