When tremors make it hard to hold a cup of coffee or sign your name, medication isn’t always enough. Monument Health neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Ziechmann explains how deep brain stimulation helps patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor get their lives back. He covers how the surgery works under anesthesia, what success looks like for each patient, and what’s next for this technology. Best of all, you no longer have to leave Rapid City to get it.
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