Movement Disorders
The Neurosurgery department at the University of Kansas Medical Center is very active in all aspects of movement disorder surgery. Currently we treat intractable Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia by placing deep brain electrodes into the subthalamic nucleus, ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus or the globus pallidus interna respectively. As a major academic medical center we work closely with our neurology colleagues in selecting patients most likely to benefit from deep brain stimulation; the benefits of which can be profound in the right patients.
Dr. Jules Nazzaro, MD
A team effort on a grand scale
Because of the precise targeting required to place an electrode exactly in the center of a target that is less than a millimeter wide deep within the brainstem, a tremendous effort by a large team of physicians and nurses is required on the day of surgery. Neurosurgeons, Neurologists, Neuroanesthesiologists, Neurophysiologists, and specially trained neuro operating room nurses combine to make a "dream team" of experts to make the operation go smoothly on an awake patient.
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