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Brain and nervesClinical medicineNeurological conditionsSurgery and procedures
Andrew Johnson demonstrates the dramatic improvement in his Parkinson's disease motor symptoms when his deep brain stimulation device is turned on.
Andrew was diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinson's Disease in 2009 when he was 35 years old. In November 2012 and February 2013 he underwent a surgical procedure, Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, to help control his motor symptoms. This has been hugely beneficial to his quality of life. This is his experience of how DBS has helped him and in the usual manner, results may vary.What people say. Recommended as a powerful demonstration of how deep brain stimulation can dramatically reduce Parkinson's disease tremors.
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