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PORTSMOUTH – People suffering from neurological brain disorders face heartbreaking circumstances, and sometimes the proposed fix can be equally terrifying – brain surgery.
Each year, 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. About 7 million people in the U.S. have essential tremor. Two hundred fifty thousand Americans suffer from dystonia. All three conditions involve involuntary/uncontrolled movements.
For people diagnosed with one of these disorders, uncontrolled movements are a daily frustration – even the simplest things like brushing our teeth or sipping water can be impossible.
At Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, neurosurgeon Dr. Joshua Aronson, who leads the DH functional neurosurgery program, is spearheading a less frightening method of brain surgery, and they are the first hospital in New England to use the procedure. Robotic deep brain stimulator (DBS) surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that invol