It was reported that the deep brain stimulation (dbs) patient experienced a stroke shortly after the dbs implant procedure.The patient was not recovering well and was experiencing issues with speech, cognition, and gait.The patient was transferred to an inpatient rehab facility.The patient later experienced a fall.A computed tomography (ct) scan was performed with no sign of bleeding found on the scan.The patient's gait, cognition and speech were improving but the neurologist did observe some one-sided weakness on the right side and ordered a full magnetic resonance imaging (mri) for further evaluation.The patient was later discharged from the rehab facility and was recovering well.
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