Re: INFO. ON PALLIDOTOMY

[Margaret Tuchman <MTuchman@xxxxxxx>]

To: Rajesh Malhotra and Patrick Correya who wrote asking about pallidotomy.

I am not sure what responses were already received by you, however the
following sources will prove to be informative.  If you do not have browser
capabilities, please write to me privately and I'll be happy to help.
The FIRST place to look for information is the resurrected PD archives made
available through that most able and all-together GREAT guy, John
Cottingham. Please check his June 26, 1996 posting on  "how-to" access
information.

                   INTERNET NEURO SOURCES

                     Amer. Academy of Neurology
         NeuroScience on the Web


      -   Movement Disorders, etc
    -  Surgical procedures

  -- Neuro -News







Welcome to our group!
Margaret Tuchman
MTuchman@xxxxxxx



My father is suffering from PD from the last 15 years and living in
>India. From the last 15 years he is taking L-dopa(Sinemet). According to
> Hoehn
>and Yahr Stages of Parkinson's Disease, I would say, that he's in 3rd
> stage.
>
> I want to bring my father to USA and get him treated here.  From the
>parkinson's Web I came to know that through PALLIDOTOMY patients are
> getting
>treated and it has been going very successfully, in most of the cases. I've
>the
>following questions :
>
>1.   What is the success rate of Pallidotomy?
>       Is it safe ?
>       Does it have sideeffects ?
>       Which are the best medical hospitals/doctors to contact(their
>addressess) ?
>       HOW MUCH it costs, in total, to get Pallidotomy.
>       Can my father have some kind of medical insurance here in USA ?
>       How can I contact the old patients treated by Pallidotomy.
>
>2.   Is there any other effective treatment besides Pallidotomy ?