Hope from a knife: a descriptive study on posteroventral pallidotomy on Parkinson's patients
Date of Completion
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy
Keywords
Parkinson Disease, Pallidotomy
Abstract
Advances in neuroimaging, neurophysiological monitoring and a better understanding of basal ganglionic circuits have caused a resurgence of interest in functional stereotactic techniques for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease (PD). Pallidotomy has emerged as a procedure with the potential to improve all 3 major symptoms of PD, as a well as eliminating dopa-induced dyskinesia. The intensive research is geared towards increasing the public's awareness including that of the professionals regarding advances in Parkinson's research, especially on pallidotomy. Pallidotomy has beneficial effects on both akinetic and hyperkinetic symptoms that better the results reported for fetal graft implantation and other conventional stereotactic. This descriptive research provided both the researchers and readers an amplified information relating to alternative means of Parkinson's drug practice. Readers can benefit from this research by offering those insights, opinions about pallidotomy, and choices in the treatment of the Parkinson's patient. Pallidotomy is effective on selected patients. Pallidotomy is not a cure for Parkinson's; symptoms can eventually return as the degenerative process that underlies the disease continues. However, the operation will most likely give patients several additional years of functional mobility, and if ever symptoms worsen significantly, the operation can be repeated on the untreated side of the brain for a few more years of relief. Future researchers who would like to revisit this subject matter may do so by browsing over numerous current updates posted on the Internet, as well as other similar researchers regarding the latest advances in the treatment of movement disorders may be accessed from the Internet.
APA Citation
Dela Cuesta, A. H., Vera, R. D., Hernandez, J. C., & Sevillano, R. F. (1997).Hope from a knife: a descriptive study on posteroventral pallidotomy on Parkinson's patients. [Bachelor's thesis, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute]. GreenPrints. https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/bspt/581/