Life-changing treatment for hand tremors in Parkinson’s and dystonia patients: Doctor reveals all you need to know about how lesioning surgery works.
We recognize that the success of DBS surgery depends on several factors: Appropriate patient selection Proper electrode positioning in the operating room Proper postoperative programming to achieve ...
The patient, a banker by profession, was not able to do even the most basic chores. But then, a minimally-invasive surgery ...
In the first episode of The Deep End Podcast, we meet Jon Nelson, who shares why he volunteered to get brain implants for his relentless depression.
The doctor checks improvement in symptoms and confirms with patient during DBS surgery.” Monitor functions: By asking to perform specific tasks (like speaking, moving a limb, or identifying ...
In 2017 he visited his GP and was diagnosed with Parkinson's. He was told there were medicines but no cure, but there was a ...
Baylor Medicine sits at the forefront in the medical and surgical treatment of essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, obsessive compulsive disorder, and Tourette syndrome using deep brain ...
There aren't very many people in the world who've done 1,000," said Dr. Honey. Deep brain stimulation surgery is done in two parts. The first part is completed with patients awake where an ...
Deep brain stimulation can improve debilitating, treatment-resistant brain disorders but involves surgically implanting electrodes that often have to penetrate multiple layers of tissue before ...
Lesioning surgery offers renewed hope to such patients and is an alternative to deep brain stimulation (DBS). Patients can reclaim control over their lives with this minimally invasive surgery.” ...