Treating Tourette Syndrome with Deep Brain Surgery

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Tired of touretts
Romeo Rosales Sr

4/17/2013 8:12:05 PM

 I am a 49 year old man from South Texas that has had touretts since I was 9 yrs old. I have a very supportive wife and 4 beautiful children, 2 girls and 2 boys and my 2 boys also have touretts syndrome. If there is anybody out there that knows how I can can info about the DBS as to how much it would cost me to get that surgery or if Im a good candidate for it, Plesae reply. Thanks

DBS in TS
Veerle Visser-Vandewalle

3/30/2011 4:24:54 PM

 This article gives a nice overview of the current status of DBS in TS. Indeed the most important challenge up until now is to define the most optimal target (with the possibility of " tailored" targeting, in function of the clinical subtype). In this regard, not only the efficacy counts, but another important aspect are the potential stimulation-induced unwanted effects. In the Brain article mentioned by Linda Ackermans, stimulation-induced reduction of energy and subjective changes in oculomotion during stimulation of the medial part of the thalamus are described in detail.