Essential Tremor


Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is utilised in the treatment of Essential Tremor when symptoms are severe and disabling and satisfactory control is not achieved with medications.  DBS can lead to improvements in tremor control of the order of 50-80% resulting in improved quality of life.

Parkinson’s disease


Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is employed in the treatment of people living with Parkinson’s disease in whom optimal medical therapy is not providing satisfactory control of physical symptoms.  In selected patients, DBS may improve and smooth control of physical symptoms reduces dyskinesia and improves quality of life. 

 

Dystonia & Tourette syndrome


Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is well established as an effective treatment in severe medication refractory dystonia from a variety of causes.  There is substantive data to support efficacy of DBS in the management of severe and disabling Tourette’s syndrome where medical therapy is insufficiently effective. 


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Conditions Treated 445 Patients
   
   
Parkinson's disease 420
Tremor 18
Dystonia
4
  
       
  Tourette Syndrome 4   
 Sydney dbs has now operated on   
~420 patients with Parkinson's Disease!
Total dbs surgical procedures now total ~1500
                       
                     May 2017
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 Electrodes  Implanted    : 913
   
   Batteries replaced          :               567  
Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) 832

Pallidum  (GPi) posterior
  30
       
  Pallidum (GPi) anterior 8   
       

Motor Thalamus 

  38
       
  Pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN)      6   
 
                TOTAL DBS PROCEDURES
                               
                               1480




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