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J.P... You're correct 'bout pallidotomy not being a cure for PD. Unfortunately, there isn't a cure - yet. But the surgery DOES buy one TIME (hopefully). What I'd really like to see if a uniform physical response for EVERY individual having the surgery. It would be SUCH a relief to all to know that IF they had the surgery, their body was "guaranteed" to respond in specific beneficial ways. Uhhhhh.... THAT ain't gonna happen, I suspect. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Joao Paulo Carvalho Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 7:50 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: Cell transplants Dear Barbara, You are quite rigth that my statement is not 100 % correct. Perhaps what I should say, being more precise, is that pallidotomy does not avoid the continous progress of PD in years later.In other words, it is not a cure of PD. Is that true ? I would like it were not. Thanks God it brings blessed relief for many important symptoms. The question arised is : would cell transplant avoid futher future progress of PD ? and then,there would have gains in have it associated with other surgeries in some cases ? Cheers, Barbara Mallut wrote: > A quick comment, Joao Paulo, regarding your statement that pallidotomy loses > it's effectiveness in a few years.... That is generally thought to be > incorrect by the medical community, I believe... at least according to Dr. > Robert Iacona, who to date has preformed more than 1000 pallidotomies. > > Meanwhile, my unilateral pallidotomy - performed 4 1/2 years ago at Loma Linda > Med. Center - continues to give me blessed relief from PD symptoms in my right > side. The LEFT side? Well, that's another story (and maybe another > pallidotomy eventually) > > I guess this is a case of "time will tell," whether or not the benefits from > the surgery continue on indefinitely tho, huh? > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > > ---------- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Joao Paulo Carvalho > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 12:56 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Cell transplants > > --------------4BF8ADA72A53FF1F40BFBFD6 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I quote : > > > Schumacher will report on a study of pig cell transplants later this > > month at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological > > Surgeons. The study was designed to look at the procedure's safety > > rather > > than effectiveness, and Schumacher said no major side effects appeared. > > > > Most of the recipients improved to some degree, he said. As a group, > > the 11 patients improved about 14 percent on standard rating scales by > > six months after surgery and about 20 percent by a year afterward, > > Schumacher said. One other patient died from a cause unrelated to the > > treatment. > > > > "The patients continually improve," he said. "They're not made > > immediately > > better, but they improve over time as the graft matures." > > > > Considering the small improvement (15 to 20 % ) of this risky surgery I > would like to ask to the specialists if it would'nt be a good ideia to > associate it (perhaps at the same time or not) with a Pallidotomy or > else a Talloctomy ? > > It is known that the improvement with Pallidotomy is noticeable and > occurs in few weeks,or rather immediatly but looses effectivness with > years ahead. On the other way, the cell transplants seems to improve the > symptoms only after long periods of time.The ideia being that the > association of both surgeries would add the gains of each one for > better. > -- > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > | [log in to unmask] | > +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ > > --------------4BF8ADA72A53FF1F40BFBFD6 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > <HTML> > I quote : > <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> > <PRE>Schumacher will report on a study of pig cell transplants later this > month at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological > Surgeons. The study was designed to look at the procedure's safety > rather > than effectiveness, and Schumacher said no major side effects appeared. > > Most of the recipients improved to some degree, he said. As a group, > the 11 patients improved about 14 percent on standard rating scales by > six months after surgery and about 20 percent by a year afterward, > Schumacher said. One other patient died from a cause unrelated to the > treatment. > > "The patients continually improve," he said. "They're not made > immediately > better, but they improve over time as the graft matures."</PRE> > </BLOCKQUOTE> > > <BR>Considering the small improvement (15 to 20 % ) of this risky surgery > I would like to ask to the specialists if it would'nt be a good ideia to > associate it (perhaps at the same time or not) with a Pallidotomy or else > a Talloctomy ? > > <P>It is known that the improvement with Pallidotomy is noticeable and > occurs in few weeks,or rather immediatly but looses effectivness with years > ahead. On the other way, the cell transplants seems to improve the symptoms > only after long periods of time.The ideia being that the association of > both surgeries would add the gains of each one for better. > <BR>-- > <BR> +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > <BR> | > [log in to unmask] > | > <BR> +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ > <BR> </HTML> > > --------------4BF8ADA72A53FF1F40BFBFD6-- -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+