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Hi there, I'm new to this group. My mother has had PD for some 30years and is in her 60's. dhe has recently been placed in line ofr a Pallidotomy but may still be some time away. I had seen this item and is of interest to me. I would like to know where I can get more resource info on subthalamac stimulation. Thanx for any help, yours Terry Bonnie Rowley wrote: > 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 > >