a procedure where they drill a hole in top of your head
A surgical procedure in which a wire probe into the globus thalamus of the brain to heat the surrounding tissue and destroy nerves with the goal of helping to reduce uncontrollable movements caused by neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease.
A surgical treatment for people who have bad tremor with their Parkinson's. It involves making a lesion in the part of the brain called the thalamus. See PDS information sheet Surgery for Parkinson's (FS17) - 567kb pdf format.
THAL um ot o mee] An older surgical option in which lesions are made in the thalamus to block tremor impulses.
A surgical operation in which surgeons destroy small areas of the thalamus in order to alleviate one-sided tremor
Operation in which a small region of the thalamus is destroyed, achieved by stereotactic techniques. Tremor and rigidity in Parkinsonism and other conditions may be relieved by thalamotomy.
A procedure that interrupts brain signals. It involves destroying certain parts of the thalamus, which is part of the brain.
A surgical procedure in which cells in the thalamus are destroyed in an effort to eradicate debilitating tremors.
First introduced in the 1950s, thalamotomy is an invasive procedure, primarily effective for tremors such as those associated with Parkinson's Disease (PD), where a selected portion of the thalamus is surgically destroyed (ablated). Neurosurgeons use specialized equipment to precisely locate an area of the thalamus, usually choosing to work on only one side (the side opposite that of the worst tremors). Bilateral procedures are poorly tolerated because of increased complication and risk, including vision and speech problems.