Vanderbilt University Medical Center: It's Been 16 Years Since Sweet-Spot Brain Stimulation Slowed Parkinson's Progression for Hermitage Man
June 06, 2024
June 06, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 6 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release:
In 2008 at VUMC there were a group of doctors trying something unheard of on a handful of patients who signed up for their study. Half would receive deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in attempt to slow the progression of their early-stage Parkinson's disease, and the others would not.
Hermitage resident Stephen Purcell, 70, has had Parkinson's disease for a long ti . . .
In 2008 at VUMC there were a group of doctors trying something unheard of on a handful of patients who signed up for their study. Half would receive deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in attempt to slow the progression of their early-stage Parkinson's disease, and the others would not.
Hermitage resident Stephen Purcell, 70, has had Parkinson's disease for a long ti . . .