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Dennis, et al..... At my PD support group meeting last April, our guest speaker was Jeff Bronstein, MD, Ph.D, head of UCLA's movement disorder team. I asked Dr. Bronstein specifically about the feasibility of someone who's already had a unilateral or a bilateral pallidotomy having a DBS as I believe that would be the best way for me to eventually go, rather than having a second pallidotomy. Dr. Bronstein stated that having had a pallidotomy wouldn't necessarily hinder a patient's having DBS if that's what it takes to return a Parkinson's sufferer to a higher quality of living It's possible that this non-meeting-of-medical-minds might be due to the fact that world-wide there are so few individuals who've had both surgeries that the medical communities really don't have enough to base a comparison study on whether it's TRULY safe to have a DBS after already having a pallidotomy. ASIDE: It's GREAT to "see" ya online once again, Den!! Hugs.... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, May 28, 1999 6:53 PM Subject: Re: DBS of the STN/ Pallidotomy >As a candidate for DBS of the Globus Pallidus, I have discussed DBS of the >STN with a member of the team at ANRI (the Australian Neuromuscular Research >Institute). The advice I have been given is that as a double DBS of the STN >is preferred >to a single DBS/STN those of us who have had a pallidotomy are not >considered as candidates - at this time - for DBS/STN. > >Anyone contemplating surgery should keep this caveat in mind. > >Dennis >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Dennis Greene 49/dx 37/ onset 32 >There's nothing wrong with me that a cure for PD won't fix! >[log in to unmask] >http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >