By using DBS, deep brain stimulation, a team of MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina) doctors are helping a patient who has Parkinson’s Disease and lifelong OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Deep Brain Stimulation – Parkinson’s Disease and OCD
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Timothy Deer, President of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS), on how the attending global neuromodulation community at INS 2019 is set to experience a meaningful and unforgettable event. The International Neuromodulation Society’s 14th World Congress will be held in Sydney, Australia on 25–30 May 2019. Source: This video was produced by the INS and is shared […]
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Dr. Wei Hu, a Clinical Movement Disorders Fellow from the Neurology Department at the University of Florida and formerly at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, gives hope in his article appearing in the November 2014 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, to ...
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When medication is not enough to treat epilepsy sometimes surgery can be a good choice for treatment. While the more common methods are also invasive in many ways there are newer procedures being developed that require less recovery time.
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An essential tremor patient tells his story about life before and after successful Deep Brain Stimulation surgery.
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Juan Fernandez-Miranda, MD, associate director of the UPMC Center for Skull Base Surgery, discusses several recent advancements in EEA procedures, as well as ongoing research focusing on outcomes and survival rates.
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Deep brain stimulation is a surgical treatment in which a device called a neurostimulator delivers tiny electrical signals to the areas of the brain that control movement.
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Traditional spinal surgery for patients with degenerative disc disease and other related conditions is often relatively destructive. Lateral access surgery is an advanced, minimally invasive approach for spinal fusion in which the neurosurgeon gains access to the spine from the ...
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L. Dade Lunsford, MD, co-director of the Center for Image Guided Neurosurgery at UPMC offers a retrospective on the Gamma Knife and discusses why it has caused a shift in the paradigm of how neurosurgeons and oncologists care for patients ...
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a typical CereTom®-Assisted Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedure...
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Instead of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy, which is devastating to patients due to possible complications such as swelling and cognitive decline, stereotactic radiosurgery is now available...
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Explanation of deep brain stimulation process and surgery as a treatment for Parkinson's disease at Cleveland Cleveland Mellen Center.
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Neil Martin, MD, chair of the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery and co-director of the UCLA Stroke Center, discusses new treatments for arteriovenous malformation (AVM), an abnormal collection of tangled blood vessels in the brain that can cause hemorrhage and stroke. ...
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An electrical implant placed in the brain can help symptoms of severe depression. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
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