Adverse events were exhibited by 20 patients following surgery and 14 of these individuals developed hemichorea–ballism, which was arrested by pallidotomy. According to the authors, the ...

The causes of Parkinson's disease come down to genetic and environmental factors that, in turn, produce changes in the ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has replaced the older, ablative, procedures, such as thalamotomy and pallidotomy, as the surgical treatment of choice in patients whose symptoms cannot be adequately ...

Though DBS is the procedure of choice for many patients with neuropsychiatric challenges, for some, other minimally invasive techniques may be appropriate including thalamotomy, pallidotomy, ...