Background: Brain shift and pneumocephalus are major concerns regarding deep brain stimulation (DBS).
Objective: To report the extent of brain shift in deep structures and pneumocephalus in intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Methods: Twenty patients underwent bilateral DBS implantation in an MRI suite. Volume of pneumocephalus, duration of procedure, and 6 anatomic landmarks (anterior commissure, posterior commissure, right fornix [RF], left fornix [LF], right putaminal point, and left putaminal point) were measured.
Results: Pneumocephalus varied from 0 to 32 mL (median = 0.6 mL). Duration of the procedure was on average 195.5 min (118-268 min) and was not correlated with the amount of pneumocephalus. There was a significant posterior displacement of the anterior commissure (mean = -1.1 mm, P < .001), RF (mean = -0.6 mm, P < .001), LF (mean = -0.7 mm, P < .001), right putaminal point (mean = -0.9 mm, P = .001), and left putaminal point (mean = -1.0 mm, P = .001), but not of the posterior commissure (mean = 0.0 mm, P = .85). Both RF (mean = -.7 mm, P < .001) and LF (mean = -0.5 mm, P < .001) were posteriorly displaced after a right-sided burr hole. There was a correlation between anatomic landmarks displacement and pneumocephalus after 2 burr holes (rho = 0.61, P = .007), but not after 1 burr hole (rho = 0.16, P = .60).
Conclusion: Better understanding of how pneumocephalus displaces subcortical structures can significantly enhance our intraoperative decision making and overall targeting strategy.
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