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 ...
Unable to speak because of a brain disorder known as spasmodic dysphonia, Susan O'Sullivan signed up for a clinical trial, hoping to get her voice back.
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.
A photothermal, nanoparticle-based deep brain stimulation system restored motor skills in mice with Parkinson’s-like disease ...
The patient, a banker by profession, was not able to do even the most basic chores. But then, a minimally-invasive surgery ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.” ...