First time in Armenia: Surgical treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

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First time in Armenia: Surgical treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
08 July 22

Dear visitors and partners,
We are happy to announce that the neurosurgical treatment of Parkinson’s Disease is now available in Armenia, at “Arabkir” Medical Center.

Our neurology and neurosurgery service team successfully performs Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). This treatment method has a high efficiency proven by long experience and scientific data, and monitors the motor function of patients, preventing and treating the motor complications of the medication treatment and significantly increasing the patients’ life quality, independence and physical performance.

During this surgery, electrodes are implanted in damaged nuclei inside the brain. Those electrodes work with the help of a neurostimulator that is placed under the skin in the chest area. The programming and further management of the neurostimulator is done by a specialist and enables stable and continuous anti-parkinsonian and anti-dyskinetic results.

This neurosurgical method is used to treat patients with generalized dystonia and drug-resistant essential tremor. Surgery is performed on patients, who have preoperative assessment.

In order to master Deep Brain Stimulation and further regulation of the device, neurosurgeon Sevak Badalyan has trained in Bulgaria (University Hospital “Saint Ivan Rilski” of Sofia), neurologist Zaruhi Tavadyan has trained in Austria (Physical Disability Center of University of Innsbruck) and in Hungary (University Hospital of Szeged).

‍For more information call Neurology and Neurosurgery Service` 060 400 300 /22 21/.

* The article is intended for visitors and colleagues of “Arabkir” MC-ICAH.

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