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Mornin' Art, I'm pretty certain this can happen... (one younger <40 fellow in our Support Group has had the operation here) 3. Globus Pallidal Stimulation. When a patient has already had a unilateral pallidotomy (pallidotomy on one side of the brain), but continues to have dyskinesias on both sides of the body, the surgeon may recommend stimulation of the globus pallidus with a deep brain stimulator. This is a conservative alternative to a bilateral pallidotomy (pallidotomy on both sides of the brain), which destroys brain tissue and risks the permanent impairment of cognition and language function. http://www.rewiredforlife.org/faqdetail.asp?ID=6 cheers ...... murray * * * On 15 Dec 2003 at 20:04, Arthur Hirsch wrote: In preparation for the luncheon that we had honouring Barbara Patterson and the tenth anniversary of the list, I tried contacting some of the older listmembers. By older I mean some of the members from the list's earlier days, not necessarily chronologically older. Among these people was Barb Mallut, now living in a retirement home in West Hills, California. Barb had been moved there by her daughters after she had some serious problems with her medications. She is without a computer, as least for the time being, though she has a listed phone number. Barb has had a unilateral pallidotomy some years ago, and I asked her if she had considered having DBS. No, she explained to me, you can't have a successful DBS after a pallidotomy - or so she thought. I wasn't so sure, as I think that I have seen it mentioned somewhere in my travels - but I'm not sure where. Does anybody on the list have any information on this? An answer on the list would be appropriate. Art * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn