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Dr. Pere Cifre, a leading neurosurgeon at Advanced Neurosurgery Barcelona, shares his experience and expertise in an interview recently published in the press. With a career dedicated to oncologic and functional neurosurgery …
On October 2, Dr. Gerard Plans, neurosurgeon at Bellvitge Hospital and neurosurgeon at Neurocirugía Avanzada Barcelona, participated …
Parkinson’s is a chronic, progressive disease in which motor symptoms predominate, such as bradykinesia (slowness of movement), tremor and muscle rigidity. In the initial stages, oral treatment with different drugs effectively controls these symptoms…
Boston Scientific has introduced a new system for deep brain stimulation based on cochlear implant technology that allows, through electrical signals, to act specifically on the exact target and exercise precise therapeutic…
This device consists of a stimulator similar to a pacemaker, which is placed under the skin, below the collarbone, from where it produces small electrical signals that “travel” along very fine cables placed by surgery at a specific point in the brain…..
The Barça Lassa shooting guard underwent three operations by surgeon Gerard Plans and is fully recovered for elite sport..
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (EFE).- Bellvitge Hospital uses the implantation of a stimulator in the brain to improve the condition of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). According to data from the health centre…
Manuel suffers from tremors that prevent him from writing, shaving or eating by himself. Electrodes connected to a switch have been implanted in his brain. When he activates it, the tremors stop instantly. He gets excited just showing us…