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Functional neurosurgery: Treatment for movement disorders
Functional neurosurgery treats conditions that affect brain and spinal cord function, even though the structure or anatomy is normal. Functional neurosurgery is used to treat movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy, as well as other conditions, such as pain and psychiatric conditions.
Movement disorders we treat
Deep brain stimulation
Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is a procedure to treat Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, essential tremor or tremor due to multiple sclerosis. This type of brain surgery uses electrodes implanted within the brain to deliver pulses of energy that block the abnormal activity in the brain. DBS can relieve patients from tremors, slow movements, stiffness and balance problems often associated with movement disorders. The stimulation can be adjusted to meet each patient’s individual needs as they change over time. In the past, surgeons treated movement disorder with methods that involved destroying brain tissue, with irreversible results. With DBS, abnormal activity of brain cells near the implanted electrode can be controlled without damaging brain tissue.
In addition to advance surgical treatment of movement disorders, patients have access to the most advanced diagnostic services through the seizure monitoring unit at Norton Audubon Hospital.
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