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Date: Sun, 8 Jan 95 21:30:24 PST Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> X-Firstclass: 0x59F8 0x001318BF 0x0000EAF8 0x0000EAF8 0x0000 From: [log in to unmask] (Irving Williams) To: [log in to unmask] Organization: Seattle downtown Business Users Group X-Hologate: 1.1b67 Lines: 19 There is a Doctor (Lauri Laitinen) in Sweden who has resumed performing this procedure, which had been introduced in 1965, but had fallen into disfavor. The record as of March 1994 was 287 procedures completed, with improvement in about 90% of the patients of the symptoms of hypokinesia, rigidity, tremor and L-Dopa induced involuntary movements with muscular pain. The procedure is to electrically create a heat lesion in the precise location of the pallidum that will interrupt the pathways which allow these symptoms to occur. My wife suffers from an additional symptom of a burning sensation which travels to different parts of the body, as well as some dementia which our doctor says is most likely caused by the dopamine. I would like to hear from anyone who has any knowledge of this procedure, and specifically if it would alleviate the burning and the dementia. I can also be reached on America On Line: [log in to unmask] Thanks, Irving Williams