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3 May 2018
Rianne Esselink: 'I am very proud that this first operation has gone so well. It is an amazing team effort that represents a huge improvement for patients. It is a significant advantage that we can now offer these surgeries to patients with Parkinson's close to home. Furthermore, the close collaboration with Maastricht UMC+ creates a very effective bundling of knowledge. This will improve the care for patients at both hospitals. For us, Saman Vinke is a talented young neurosurgeon who can perform these operations at our institution together with Maastricht on a high level.
Neurosurgeon Yasin Temel (Maastricht UMC+) supervised the process and was similarly pleased with the collaboration with the 'new' colleagues: 'By sharing our academic expertise with each other we can achieve top performance. Together, we can deliver better academic care to patients in the region. I am proud of that.'
During a DBS operation, a small electrode is placed in a specific region of the brain. That electrode is connected to a battery (also called pacemaker). This allows the targeted application of current to that area of the brain, which can alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's. In order to be able to place the electrode as accurately as possible, the patient remains awake for a large part of the operation.
For a while now, Maastricht UMC+ had this special expertise. Together with the specialized knowledge on Parkinson's disease at Radboudumc, a new cluster of expertise for advanced care for Parkinson patients is being formed in the southeast of the Netherlands.
Maastricht UMC+ and Radboudumc are one of six neurosurgery centers in the Netherlands that were assigned to perform DBS by the ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports.
It is expected that this expansion of capacity will form an important step to reduce the growing waiting periods for this type of surgery.
Foto: Maastricht UMC+
A multidisciplinary team from Radboudumc and Maastricht UMC+ recently performed the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) at Radboudumc. Both institutions are pleased to now be able to offer these surgeries to their patients. This development also helps to reduce waiting lists for these brain operations.
Rianne Esselink: 'I am very proud that this first operation has gone so well. It is an amazing team effort that represents a huge improvement for patients. It is a significant advantage that we can now offer these surgeries to patients with Parkinson's close to home. Furthermore, the close collaboration with Maastricht UMC+ creates a very effective bundling of knowledge. This will improve the care for patients at both hospitals. For us, Saman Vinke is a talented young neurosurgeon who can perform these operations at our institution together with Maastricht on a high level.
Neurosurgeon Yasin Temel (Maastricht UMC+) supervised the process and was similarly pleased with the collaboration with the 'new' colleagues: 'By sharing our academic expertise with each other we can achieve top performance. Together, we can deliver better academic care to patients in the region. I am proud of that.'
During a DBS operation, a small electrode is placed in a specific region of the brain. That electrode is connected to a battery (also called pacemaker). This allows the targeted application of current to that area of the brain, which can alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's. In order to be able to place the electrode as accurately as possible, the patient remains awake for a large part of the operation.
For a while now, Maastricht UMC+ had this special expertise. Together with the specialized knowledge on Parkinson's disease at Radboudumc, a new cluster of expertise for advanced care for Parkinson patients is being formed in the southeast of the Netherlands.
Maastricht UMC+ and Radboudumc are one of six neurosurgery centers in the Netherlands that were assigned to perform DBS by the ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports.
It is expected that this expansion of capacity will form an important step to reduce the growing waiting periods for this type of surgery.
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