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janet, I sent the following ************ Subj: (no subject) Date: 8/29/99 To: [log in to unmask] GETPOST PARKINSN 10094251 ******************* & got the following reply **************** Subj: Re: (no subject) Date: 8/29/99 10:44:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: [log in to unmask] (L-Soft list server at UofT (1.8d)) To: [log in to unmask] (Bonnie Rowley) > GETPOST PARKINSN 10094251 Invalid reference number - "10094251". No posting selected - nothing to send. ****************** Can you send me the article to which he refers. If I ever received it, It must have gotten lost during all my pc troubles. Thanks Bonnie In a message dated 8/18/99 9:26:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Subject: PMID: 10094251: Reassessment of unilateral pallidotomy in PD > > > > Reassessment of unilateral pallidotomy in PD: > > A 2-year follow-up study. > > > > We conclude that 2 years after pallidotomy, the improvements in dyskinesia > and tremor on the side contralateral to pallidotomy are preserved, while the > initial improvements in most other deficits disappear, either because of > progression of pathology or loss of the early efficacy achieved by surgery. > > > Dear everybody, > > This article demonstrates once again that pallidotomy should not be done. > > My patients two years after bilateral subthalamic stimulation are still > going strong, have no more freezing, no dyskinesias, no tremor and a > significant reduction in anti-Parkinson medication. STN stimulation should > be approved in the USA and most European countries to benefit all patients > suffering from late Parkinson's disease and to prevent neurosurgeons to > continue to make lesions in the brains of Parkisnon parients i.e. > pallidotomies. > > Best regards, > > Chris van der Linden, M.D. > St. Lucas Hospital Ghent > Dept. of Neurology > Groene Briel 1 > 9000 Ghent > BELGIUM >