| | | | | not destroy brain tissue and has fewer risks than |
| Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery India | | | | older, more destructive surgical methods, such as |
| | | | | pallidotomy and thalamotomy. |
| Deep Brain Stimulation | | | | There are now three possible target sites in the brain |
| Deep Brain Stimulation uses a surgically implanted, | | | | that may be selected for placement of stimulating |
| battery-operated medical device called a | | | | electrodes: the globus pallidus (GPi), the subthalamic |
| neurostimulator—similar to a heart pacemaker and | | | | nucleus (STN), and the thalamus (the specific region |
| approximately the size of a stopwatch—to deliver | | | | of thalamus is called “Vim” |
| electrical stimulation to targeted areas in the brain | | | | (ventro-intermediate nucleus)...... |
| that control movement, blocking the abnormal nerve | | | | |
| signals that cause tremor and Parkinson’s | | | | |
| Disease symptoms. | | | | |
| The electrode is connected via a wire running | | | | Please log on to : |
| beneath the skin to a stimulator and battery pack in | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| the patient's chest. It is reversible—just turns off | | | | |
| the current—and allows for precise calibrated | | | | We Care Core Values |
| symptom control. Before the procedure, a | | | | We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| neurosurgeon uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) | | | | you as the centre. |
| or computed tomography (CT) scanning to identify | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| and locate the exact target within the brain where | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| electrical nerve signals generate the PD symptoms. | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| Deep brain stimulation may be used in addition to | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| therapy with levodopa or other drugs when drugs | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| alone do not control symptoms adequately. This | | | | patients our patient care standards are unmatched |
| technique is the preferred surgical method of treating | | | | across the sub continent. |
| most cases of advanced Parkinson's disease. It does | | | | |