I was able to scrub into a surgery where they implanted a generator for a previously implanted DBS on a patient with Parkinson's disease. The surgeon dug out a pocket under the skin in the chest where they put the generator which was about the size of a small pager and then they threaded a wire under the skin connecting the probe to the generator. Assuming you have something similar, what is it like having all that stuff sitting under your skin? Do you notice it? I feel like if it was me I would be constantly fiddling with it.
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I was able to scrub into a surgery where they implanted a generator for a previously implanted DBS on a patient with Parkinson's disease. The surgeon dug out a pocket under the skin in the chest where they put the generator which was about the size of a small pager and then they threaded a wire under the skin connecting the probe to the generator. Assuming you have something similar, what is it like having all that stuff sitting under your skin? Do you notice it? I feel like if it was me I would be constantly fiddling with it.
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