tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645917165244450319.post8268254886329628677..comments2024-03-29T10:39:34.139+03:00Comments on Elaine Benton: Deep brain stimulationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645917165244450319.post-56549491468186861162012-11-21T18:45:46.854+02:002012-11-21T18:45:46.854+02:00Thank you for sharing those thoughts! For a little...Thank you for sharing those thoughts! For a little more context, patient education material from an international medical society concerned with this and other neuromodulation approaches says: "Earlier treatments, called thalamotomy and pallidotomy, controlled motor symptoms by surgically destroying discrete parts of the brain. Once it became possible to deliver electrical stimulation continuously through an implanted device, DBS became the preferred treatment. DBS does not permanently destroy brain tissue, is adjustable, and has been shown to be at least equally effective. . . . Up to 28 percent of Parkinson’s patients whose symptoms are not adequately controlled by medication alone may be good candidates for DBS." (http://www.neuromodulation.com/deep-brain-stimulation, two other links at: http://www.neuromodulation.com/DBS) Nancy Garciahttp://www.neuromodulation.com/DBSnoreply@blogger.com