Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has consistently demonstrated high efficacy and safety in patients with Parkinson's disease. Twiddler's syndrome is a rare occurrence of hardware failure in patients undergoing neuromodulation. We report here a case of subclinical cable twisting jeopardizing Twiddler's syndrome in a patient with Parkinson's disease who underwent DBS surgery targeting the globus pallidus internus (GPI).
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