 Important question to ask when seeking DBS/STN Surgery
It has been while sense I have researched this surgery and am still learning more about it. I had the surgery on April 24 and have yet to get any benefits from it.
I am begining to suspect the electrodes are not in the correct location and have noticed one glarng difference between my procedure and the procedure performed at least four medical centers. The four centers procedures that I have read, all use the microelectrode recording system to locate the precise target area. My surgeon did not use the system.
This information was taken from the Beth Israel Medical Center's web site. "Due to the size and location of the ST nucleus we use microelectrode recording snd stimulation to better define the boundries,"
Microelectrodes are the size of a human hair so that they are the least traumat means of confirming correct target area." "By keeping very accurate track of the recording location we can then create special physiologic maps that are specific to each patient and which CANNOT BE LOCATED WITH MRI"
The obvious question you should ask the neurosurgeon, does he use the microelectrode system?
The expected result is about 70 % improvement in symptoms and about 50% reduction in the pd drugs. I just had to increase the Sinemet.
Bruce
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