Deep Brain Stimulation

People diagnosed with essential tremors or Parkinson's Disease are often sentenced to a life of debilitating tremors - shaking so severe that they can no longer work, or perform routine tasks like holding a spoon or fork to feed themselves.

Fortunately, there's a procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation performed at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center that can provide patients in the Spokane, Eastern Washington/Coeur d'Alene, North Idaho region a new lease on life.

Dr. Jonathan Carlson, a neurosurgeon at Inland Neurosurgery and Spine, explains the DBS procedure and its incredible results. "It takes patients from a state of disability and brings them to a state of function," he says. You'll also meet several patients who describe the amazing changes made in their lives before, and after utilizing this life-changing procedure.

A warning: this video contains brief images from an actual surgery.

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Science & Technology

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• essential tremor
• parkinsons disease
• deep brain stimulation
• tremors
• shaking
• neurosurgeon
• neurosurgery