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I would vote for the electrode and stimulator which I understand is reversable. The lesions are permanent. I have also been studying this matter as a possible procedure for me. ---Milo At 09:27 PM 11/12/95 PDT, you wrote: >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] > > Milo V. Anderson, Ph.D. Box 417 Angwin, CA 94508 voice 707 965 2508 fax 707 965 3148 e-mail [log in to unmask]