Intracranial approach for sub-second monitoring of neurotransmitters during DBS electrode implantation does not increase infection rate

• Brittany Liebenow ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brittany Liebenow, Michelle Williams

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Neuroscience Graduate Program, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2451-6530

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• Michelle Williams ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brittany Liebenow, Michelle Williams

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

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• Thomas Wilson,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

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• Ihtsham ul Haq,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America

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• Mustafa S. Siddiqui,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

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• Adrian W. Laxton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

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• Stephen B. Tatter,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

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• Kenneth T. Kishida

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kkishida@wakehealth.edu

  Affiliations Neuroscience Graduate Program, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7394-8922

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