Tremor, stiffness, and walking and balance problems can occur.
The disease is progressive and, in its later stages, may be associated
with dementia.
There are several approved and experimental treatment options
for patients with movement disorders, such as drug therapy, deep
brain stimulation, fetal cell transplantation, surgery, and
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Your physician will talk to you about
the appropriate treatment for you and possible side effects.
Conventional open stereotatic neurosurgery or non-invasive Gamma
Knife Radiosurgery can be performed to relieve specific symptoms
of Parkinson’s disease, such as slowness of movement, rigidity,
or involuntary movements caused by some medications. Tremor caused
by either Parkinson’s disease may also be relieved by such
procedures. While conventional open neurosurgery requires the
use of a needle or an external guiding device, the Gamma Knife
uses 201 narrow beams of gamma radiation to treat a small, critically
located target in the brain non-invasively.
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