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PROGRAMMING: THE SECOND OPERATION
- Turning a well-placed lead into clinical benefit
- LEAD — Position fixed
- CONTACT — Select
- FIELD — Shape
- RESPONSE — Test
- REFINE — Repeat
- THE PROGRAMMING LOOP
- 1 Clinical goal — Tremor / rigidity / dyskinesia / gait
- 2 Monopolar review — Contact × amplitude × response
- 3 Therapeutic window — Benefit threshold vs side-effect threshold
- 4 Optimization — Amplitude • pulse width • frequency • configuration
- 5 Follow-up — Symptoms change → settings evolve
- KEY MESSAGE • Implantation creates the opportunity; programming creates the therapy.
- Dr Vikas Kathuria | MCh Neurosurgery
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AssociationModule 05 · Slide 21