DBS
From the beginning of its Deep Brain Stimulation program in 2007, Cook Children’s has made treating young patients with dystonia a priority.
The second patient operated on was a dystonia patient and since then the majority of patients have had some form of this disabling and sometime painful condition. Dystonia is a syndrome of intermittent or continuous sustained muscle contractions, frequently causing twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal postures of virtually any part of the body.