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Old 11-11-2016, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by soccertese View Post
i was scheduled for outpatient for 2nd surgery. in all my research, never read a patient account or provider DBS overview where 2nd operation is "inpatient". seems like something your provider should be able to clear up if they do a lot of DBS's.
Vandy does it in three phases 1. Bone markers 2.Lead insertion 3. Transmitter placement. Phase 1 and 3 are outpatient.
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