TABLE 2.
Number of electrically connected electrodes that were classified as undamaged/unencapsulated or damaged/encapsulated based on tip degradation, shank degradation, and tissue encapsulation.
| Tip degradation | Shank degradation | Encapsulation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (%) | High (%) | Low (%) | High (%) | Low (%) | High (%) | |
| P1 Medial | 77 (83.7) | 15 (16.3) | 84 (91.3) | 8 (8.7) | 41 (43.6) | 53 (56.4) |
| P1 Lateral | 45 (58.4) | 32 (41.6) | 67 (79.8) | 17 (20.2) | 10 (11.0) | 81 (89.0) |
| P2 Pt Medial | 59 (81.9) | 13 (18.1) | 82 (96.5) | 3 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 88 (100) |
| P2 Pt Lateral | 85 (96.6) | 3 (3.4) | 88 (100) | 0 (0) | 88 (100) | 0 (0) |
| P2 IrOx Medial | 26 (92.9) | 2 (7.1) | 32 (100) | 0 (0) | 6 (18.8) | 26 (81.2) |
| P2 IrOx Lateral | 7 (25) | 21 (75) | 9 (32.1) | 19 (67.9) | 30 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Excluded | 45 | 21 | 7 | |||