Les Combs wrote: > I have Parkinson's disease, and I am considering DBS surgery. I have searched the Internet to try to find some statistical data about the probability of positive results versus negative results. I am coming to you for information. This is an informal survey and is not intended to be statistically significant. If I get enough responses, I will post an e-mail on Parkinson listserv. > > If you have had DBS surgery, or your spouse has had it, or a person for whom you provide caregiving has had it, please respond to the following questions. Please provide only one response per patient please.SELF > When was the DBS surgery performed MAY 200 > > Was the surgery bilateral? YES > > Did the patient show substantial improvement? YES > > Did the patient's Parkinson's symptoms become substantially worse? NO > > Were the patients Parkinson's symptoms substantially the same? NO > If you feel comfortable doing so, would you please provide me with the name, phone number,RICHARD PENN RUsh Medical Center Chicag0 and address of the doctor?,unknowm > > Please reply to this e-mail. And leave the subject line the same. > > Thank you for any help you can give me. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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