Hi--I believe this surgery is performed at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dick Swindler in Lawrence, I think, had a successful operation there. For further info, you can contact Debra Michalek, RN, MA, Coordinator of local referral center at [log in to unmask] And Dick or Margie Swindler at DSwind2940 Regards, Barbara Blake-Krebs in KS 58/1984 [log in to unmask] In a message dated 1/14/99 8:16:22 PM, you wrote: << Barbara Patterson, would you please help me by asking the list if anyone has had or knows someone who has had subthalamic nucleus stimulation {STN} >>