DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) FOR STN OR VIM TREMOR/TREMOR CONTROL THERAPY:
- 1% Complication rate ( bleeding or infection)
- 85% Complete control of tremor
- 10% Partial control of tremor
- Presumed 05% failure rate
GAMMA KNIFE THALAMOTOMY
- 35% Complete relief of tremor
- 25% Excellent relief of tremor
- 25% Good relief of tremor
- 15% Failure rate
- Presumed 04% complication rate
PALLIDOTOMY FOR RIGIDITY AND STIFFNESS
- 90% Improvement in dyskinesia
- 65% Improvement rate in rigidity, stiffness, bradykinesia
