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News and Articles on Pallidotomy
Buzzing the brain| Jul 16, 2007
Back then, deep-brain surgery meant doing a pallidotomy, in which an electric probe was used to heat and destroy a small group of dysfunctional brain cells at the target site. Today's deep brain stimulation is less damaging and completely reversible: if the pacemaker is off, the probe is silent and brain functioning will eventually return to normal which, in the case of Parkinson's sufferers, means the return of unwanted, debilitating symptoms. (iAfrica.com)
Robert Iacono, 55, doctor criticized for Parkinson's surgery Jun 25, 2007
Dr. Iacono made a national reputation for himself during the 1990s while he was at Loma Linda University Medical Center, performing a controversial surgical procedure called a pallidotomy on patients with Parkinson's, which is characterized by tremor and rigidity in the limbs and a loss of muscle control. Pallidotomies involve destruction of a small part of the globus pallidus, a region of the brain involved in the control of movement. (Boston Globe)
Robert Iacono, 55; surgeon performed radical procedure on Parkinson's patients Jun 23, 2007
Iacono made a national reputation for himself during the 1990s while he was at Loma Linda University Medical Center, performing a controversial surgical procedure called a pallidotomy on patients with Parkinson's. The neurological disorder is characterized by tremors, rigidity in the limbs and a loss of muscle control. (Los Angeles Times)
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