My asleep DBS operation for essential tremor
Channel: The Hans Beekhuyzen Channel
Date: 2021-10-29

September 2021 I successfully undergone a DBS operation under full anaesthetics. No need to be awake during the first part of the operation. By popular demand this video is a report on the quest for stable hands from the first visit to the neurologist to the stimulator switched on. (Dutch and English subtitles available)

Journal of Neurosurgery: https://thejns.org/view/journals/j-neurosurg/124/6/article-p1842.xml
National Library of Medicine: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26613177/
Also google for ‘essential tremor & asleep dbs’

November 2nd, 2021
I made this video three weeks after the operation. Starting to work again I notices that both my physical and mental condition was not fully back. Several sources confirmed that this is normal after full anaesthetics and it could take up to three months to get back to normal. Furthermore two weeks after switching on the stimulator the tremor started to increase a little. After a consult by phone with the specialist nurse the stimulation was increased by 0.2 mA, resulting in stable hands again.