I have a horror of having things implanted in my body and of wt hat happens if the battery fails suddenly and I'm on a cruise. At least for now.


Intraoperative neurophysiology in DBS for dystonia.
Vitek JL, Delong MR, Starr PA, Hariz MI, Metman LV.
Mov Disord. 2011 Jun;26 Suppl 1:S31-6. doi: 10.1002/mds.23619.
PMID: 21692110 [PubMed - in process]


Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2009 Jul;151(7):751-8. Epub 2009 May 26.
Deep brain stimulation of the internal globus pallidus in dystonia: target localisation under general anaesthesia.
Pinsker MO, Volkmann J, Falk D, Herzog J, Steigerwald F, Deuschl G, Mehdorn HM.
Source
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany. marcus.pinsker@uniklinik-freiburg.de


I had a horror of having an artificial hip, too, but the dang thing works a whole lot better than the old one.