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Displacement of the deep brain stimulation electrodes implanted in the anterior nucleus of the thalamus due to chronic subdural hematoma

Michał Sobstyl
1
,
Karol S. Karamon
2
,
Ewa Nagańska
3
,
Tadeusz Pietras
4
,
Aleksandra Wierzbicka
5

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Neuroradiology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Independent Public Clinical Hospital, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland
  4. 2nd Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
  5. Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
Folia Neuropathol 2025; 63 (3): 313-319
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fn.2025.154802
Online publish date: 2025/09/30
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