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ABC World News Tonight ran a story yesterday about Roger Frisch, a solo violinist and associate concertmaster for the Minnesota Orchestra, and how he came to Mayo Clinic and Dr. Kendall Lee for relief of a career-threatening tremor.
For background, Dr. Lee discusses how and why surgery is done in these cases while the patient remains awake and even performing crucial activities:
Dr. Lee also describes related research on deep brain stimulation:
Mayo Clinic uses and conducts research into deep brain stimulation on all three campuses: Arizona, Florida and Minnesota.
will this help with neuropathy?
I loved this story.
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Will DBS work to control ephilepsy ?
Karen and I will have the honor of meeting my neurosurgeon, Dr. Lee, at the Mayo Clinic this Thursday. I’m still a candidate for DBS for this surgery.
Does DBS help alzhimer patients ?
Hormoz, you can read about deep brain stimulation (DBS) at Mayo Clinic at the following website: http://www.mayoclinic.org/deep-brain-stimulation/