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. 


Conditions Treated 278 Patients
   
   
Parkinson's disease 261
Tremor 13
Dystonia
2
  
       
  Tourette Syndrome 2   
                                                                       
                       
                         May  2012
 
Targets Implanted : 		572 Electrodes
   
     
Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) 521

Pallidum  (GPi) posterior
  16
       
  Pallidum (GPi) anterior 4   
       

Motor Thalamus 

  27
       
  Pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN)      4   
               





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