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LITERATURE: COLEY E, FARHADI R, LEWIS S, WHITTLE IR. THE INCIDENCE OF SEIZURES FOLLOWING DEEP BRAIN STIMULATING ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION FOR MOVEMENT DISORDERS, PAIN AND PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS. BR J NEUROSURG. 2009; 23(2): 179-183. SUMMARY: THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS A LITERATURE REVIEW OF 32 PAPERS FOUND USING A SEARCH STRATEGY TRAWLING THROUGH PAPERS DESCRIBING CLINICAL CASE SERIES OF DBS THAT DESCRIBED STEREOTACTIC PLACEMENT OF DBS ELECTRODES FOR MOVEMENT DISORDERS, PAIN SYNDROME, AND PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS WITH COHORTS OF N>5. THE AIM OF THE STUDY WAS TO PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF THE PROCEDURAL RELATED SEIZURES OR EPILEPSY FOLLOWING CHRONIC DBS FOR MOVEMENT DISORDERS, PAIN, AND PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS. REPORTABLE EVENT: ONE PT EXPERIENCED DELAYED CHRONIC SEIZURE DISORDER FOLLOWING BILATERAL GPI DBS IMPLANTATION.