PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Machado, Andre AU - Fernandez, Hubert H. AU - Deogaonkar, Milind TI - Deep brain stimulation: What can patients expect from it? AID - 10.3949/ccjm.78gr.11006 DP - 2012 Feb 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 113--120 VI - 79 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/2/113.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/2/113.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2012 Feb 01; 79 AB - Deep brain stimulation has largely replaced ablative procedures for the treatment of advanced Parkinson disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. It is also approved for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Although not curative, it improves symptoms and quality of life.