If you can't find a way to control Parkinson's motor fluctuations -- symptoms that return after taking medicine for years -- your doctor may suggest surgery called deep brain stimulation (DBS). It's ...

Lesioning surgery is a procedure that involves purposefully damaging select areas of the brain, to help in the management of a health condition, such as Parkinson’s disease. There are several types of ...

Unilateral focused ultrasound ablation of the internal segment of globus pallidus has reduced motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in open-label studies. We randomly assigned, in a 3:1 ratio, ...

An incisionless surgical procedure that uses focused ultrasound ablation (FUSA) to target the globus pallidus internus of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly reduced tremors and ...

The FDA expanded the approval of Exablate Neuro focused ultrasound to treat advanced Parkinson's disease patients with mobility, rigidity, or dyskinesia symptoms, device maker Insightec announced ...

Jan. 30, 2004 — Bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation is more effective than unilateral pallidotomy for controlling symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), according to the results of a ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield becomes first to offer commercial coverage for Parkinson's pallidotomy – offering additional coverage for treatment relief HAIFA, Israel and MIAMI, Feb. 26, 2024 /CNW/ -- ...

Though pallidotomy is not performed in Hampton Roads, you don’t have to leave Virginia to find it. Both the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond ...