On July 8, the team of Director Jia Dong of the Neurosurgery Department of Daxing Hospital successfully performed the hospital's first deep brain stimulation on a 53-year-old male patient with Major syndrome. Schematic diagram of how a brain pacemaker works.

On July 8, the team of Director Jia Dong of the Neurosurgery Department of Daxing Hospital successfully performed the hospital's first deep brain stimulation (DBS) on a 53-year-old male patient with " Major syndrome ".

▲ Working diagram of brain pacemaker

Lao Zhang suffers from a "strange disease" and always likes to "wink and wink"

53-year-old Lao Zhang had frequent eyelid twitching two years ago. At first, I thought it was eye fatigue caused by watching too much on my phone.

Lao Zhang, who can "quit" his cell phone, found that instead of getting better, the situation was getting worse. Involuntary "winking" began to occur, and the eyelids kept blinking. In severe cases, the eyes are closed tightly and cannot be opened.

Lao Zhang's sudden "strange disease" made him afraid to go out or communicate with others, and his self-esteem was severely affected.

After visiting many hospitals, Lao Zhang's "strange disease" was finally diagnosed - Major syndrome. I tried Chinese medicine, Western medicine, acupuncture ... but the results were not satisfactory.

In June of this year, Lao Zhang’s tongue began to become stiff, and he sometimes became out of breath when walking. Lao Zhang found out that the condition could be controlled through surgery.

regulates nerves! Successfully installed brain pacemaker

Director Jia Dong’s team conducted a physical examination, combined with medical history and imaging examinations, and after discussion, decided to perform deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Lao Zhang, which is a minimally invasive surgery to install a brain pacemaker in the brain.

▲ Precision positioning before surgery

On the morning of July 8, Director Jia Dong’s team accurately positioned under the guidance of stereotaxic navigation and placed electrodes at the target points on both sides of Lao Zhang’s brain to regulate the neural circuits.

During the operation, Lao Zhang was awakened without causing side effects as much as possible to test the treatment effect. After confirming the effect, the electrode is fixed and connected to the nerve stimulator inserted through a small incision in the clavicle.

took nearly 5 hours to successfully complete the hospital's first deep brain stimulation surgery for Major syndrome.

Currently, Lao Zhang is in the recovery period after surgery. One month after the operation, Lao Zhang will return to the hospital to turn on the deep brain stimulation equipment.

What is Major syndrome?

Major syndrome is a dystonic disorder, mainly characterized by bilateral blepharospasm, oromandibular dystonia, and facial dystonia-like involuntary movements . As time goes by, the symptoms gradually worsen, seriously affecting the patient's daily life and work. How does

treat Major syndrome?

mainly includes oral drug treatment, surgical treatment, A botulinum toxin local injection treatment, etc.

When drug treatment is not effective, you can choose deep brain stimulation (DBS), commonly known as "brain pacemaker therapy". It is one of the most advanced neuromodulation treatments in the world today. It is minimally invasive, reversible, controllable, and personalized, and is an effective therapy that is relatively safe and has fewer side effects.

DBS surgery is not only used to treat Major syndrome, Parkinson's disease and other diseases, but also used for drug-resistant epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, mental illness, intractable pain, vegetative awakening, etc. It is a neuromodulation surgery. the "ceiling".