Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Michigan's first patient treated with thalamic deep brain stimulation for epilepsy

A 32-year-old man is the first in Michigan with a complete Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system surgically implanted for the treatment of epilepsy. Neurosurgeon Jason Schwalb, M.D., with help from the team at the Henry Ford Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, implanted targeted electrodes in Steven Rennie's brain on Feb. 12, and a pacemaker-like device known as an internal pulse generator in his chest on Feb. 28.

* This article was originally published here