Leonard Zapler <emz+ at pitt.edu> wrote:
>> My sister has parkinson's disease and is interested in getting information on the efficacy of the above referenced operation. I haven't had any success thus far in finding anything on the 'net.
> Thanks in advance--Len Z.
>>I suggest that you look for the original paper describing the procedure
of pallidotomy. However, you must be aware of that this operation does
does not suite all patients. A careful evaluation by a neurosurgeon familiar
with the different procedures for Parkinson disease is mandatory
Posteroventral pallidotomy in the treatment of Parkinson´s disease.
Lauri V. Laitinen, A. Tommy Bergenheim, Marwan I Hariz.
J Neurosurg 75: 53-61, 1992.
sincerely
Tommy Bergenheim
Dept of Neurosurgery
University Hospital
S 901 85 Umeå
Sweden
