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Our neuro says the same thing: no DBS after a pallidotomy. Ted and Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Hirsch" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:04 PM Subject: DBS after pallidotomy? > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn