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Fellow listmembers, We need some help. Ginny is scheduled for a pallidotomy at OHSU on Dec. 15(we learned this thursday). We are inclined toward our neurologists' reccomendation of a unilateral pallidotomy. What we need help with is the neurosurgeon's option of a newly aproved procedure to implant a stimulator in the pallidus rather than the lesions produced by a pallidotomy. Our impression is that this has been done routinely (assuming inserting electrodes in your brain is routine) in place of a thalomotomy (especially bi-lateral), and has been done on the pallidus in France and Toronto, but is new in the US. Has anyone on the list had a thalmic stimulation device implanted? How is it to live with the hardware? Any complications, infections? Anyone with a thalomotomy on one side and a stimulation device on the other? Any comparison? At this point we can't see what the advantage of stimulation would be given it's newness. Any thoughts? Any opinions/information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much, Pete & Gin Morgan [log in to unmask]