Parkinson’s disease can be treated surgically, and many Parkies are unaware of this news. Of course not all Parkinson’s disease is suitable for surgical treatment. Surgery can be considered for patients who have been treated with medication for more than 5 years, with high doses of medication, many side effects and poor efficacy. A few days ago, Southwest Hospital performed such surgery on a patient with good surgical results, and the related news was reported in Chongqing Daily. The city completed the first case of domestic brain pacemaker for Parkinson’s disease surgery This newspaper (reporter Li Heng) January 26, the reporter learned from the Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University, the hospital neurosurgery completed the city’s first case of domestic brain pacemaker for Parkinson’s disease surgery to improve the quality of life of Parkinson’s patients. It is understood that Parkinson’s disease is a central nervous system disease characterized by muscle tremor, muscle rigidity, difficulty in starting motor activities and loss of postural reflexes, mostly seen in middle-aged and elderly people. ”The overall prevalence of Parkinson’s disease is 0.4 percent, and up to 2 percent in people over 65 years of age.” Cui Gaoyu, director of neurosurgery at Southwest Hospital, said that the most annoying thing for Parkinson’s patients is that their hands shake constantly, and their limbs gradually stiffen, losing their ability to work and live, and even becoming “mask faces”, which seriously affects their quality of life. Mr. Huang, who lives in Dadukou District, became the beneficiary of the first domestic brain pacemaker surgery for Parkinson’s disease. The 68-year-old was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease after his right hand began to shake for unknown reasons 12 years ago. ”A brain pacemaker is actually a deep brain electrical stimulator, and this surgery is an innovative use of electrical stimulators in the brain.” Cui Gaoyu said that it is a set of delicate and small microelectronic devices, including a pulse generator, an electrode and an extension lead, and after setting a target point in the brain through highly sophisticated equipment such as NMR and CT, electrodes are implanted in specific nerve clusters to release high-frequency electrical stimulation to inhibit these neurons that are overexcited due to the reduction of dopaminergic neurons and reduce their overexcited state, thus alleviating Parkinson’s symptoms. And these components will not affect the patient’s daily life after implantation. ”This surgery is technically difficult and has to be positioned very precisely to work.” Cui Gaoyu introduced that current tests are also conducted during the operation for multiple validation, so the efficiency of the operation can reach more than 95 percent, and the remission rate of Parkinson’s symptoms can reach more than 80 percent three months after the operation. In the case of Mr. Huang, a small current stimulation was performed after electrode implantation, and it was found that his limb tremors disappeared completely immediately and his limb muscle tone decreased significantly, and no significant complications occurred after increasing the stimulation current.