• World Neurosurg · Feb 2023

    Recharge PSYCH: a study on rechargeable implantable pulse generators in deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders.

    • Martin Jakobs, Mohammad Mehdi Hajiabadi, David Hernán Aguirre-Padilla, Peter Giaccobe, Andreas W Unterberg, and Andres M Lozano.
    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Division of Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: martin.jakobs@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
    • World Neurosurg. 2023 Feb 1; 170: e331e339e331-e339.

    BackgroundRechargeable implantable pulse generators (r-IPGs) for deep brain stimulation (DBS) promise longer battery life and fewer replacement surgeries versus non-rechargeable systems. Long-term data on the effects of recharging in patients who received DBS for psychiatric indications is limited. The Recharge PSYCH trial is the first study that included DBS patients with psychiatric disorders treated with different r-IPG models.MethodsStandardized questionnaires were sent to all psychiatric DBS patients with an r-IPG implanted at the time of the study. The primary endpoint was convenience of recharging. Secondary endpoints were rate of user confidence and rate of usage-related complications, as well as charge burden (defined as minutes per week needed to recharge).ResultsData sets of n = 21 patients were eligible for data analysis. At the time of the survey patients were implanted with the r-IPG for a mean 31.8 ± 22.4 months. Prior to being implanted with an r-IPG, patients had undergone a median of 3 IPG replacements. The overall convenience of the charging process was rated as "easy" with a median of 8.0 out of 10.0 points. 33.3% of patients experienced situations in which the device could not be successfully recharged. In 38.1% of patients, therapy with the r-IPG was interrupted unintentionally. The average charge burden was 286 ± 22.4 minutes per week.ConclusionsPatients with psychiatric disorders rated the recharging process as "easy", but with a significantly higher charge burden and usage-related complication rates compared to published data on movement disorder DBS patients.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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