#31: Veerle Visser-Vandewalle – Operating on the first neuropsychiatric DBS case in the modern era
Stimulating Brains
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Is There a Future for DBS in T.S. Patients?
I found it super interesting, you know, that you also make good use of the old cases. You know, that should exactly be done learning from these, I think. We have done a case now almost two years ago, one and a half year ago was severe aggression. Due to both injuries, she was very thin, so we couldn't do an DBS in her because if there was not an effect immediately after surgery, she would hurt herself. So we did a lesion, we did a hyper-thalamotomy. And the first year was so good, I think, okay, we have to continue with this. It's also very important because the quality of life of
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