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Well, they're still fairly common here in the UK... top surgeon at the Radcliffe in Oxford, Tipu Aziz, does both pallidotomy and STN DBS and says it all comes down to patient selection. There are still instances were pallidotomy is preferred over DBS. Jemima > > I would really like to get some feedback on the current status of > pallidotomy. From what I have been hearing at most neurosurgical > meetings which I have attended recently, pallidotomy is now > considered superfluous in most cases; and the trend is currently > towards deep brain stimulation surgery. > > Best, > > Bob >