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Cherian Karunapuzha

Movement disorder neurologist and director of the Meinders Center for Movement Disorders at Mercy, Oklahoma City

Oct 6, 2026

16:16
Um, so is DBS a relatively safe procedure? Are there a l- a, a lot of risks involved that we should know about or...?
16:27
So if you had to break down the actual procedure, so in the most simplistic way, right where the baby has a soft spot on their skull, the same spot around those two regions is where it's the easiest access point for neurosurgeons, the brain surgeons, to drill two tiny holes just wide enough to push a wire through.
16:49
That's it.
16:50
This is all they're doing.
16:52
They're not opening up your entire skull.
16:53
They're not mucking around with your brain.
16:56
All they need is two holes just wide enough for a wire, which is that the extension of this, what we call the lead or the deep brain stimulation lead, the electrode is pushed in.

9 MINS LATER

26:10
Mm.

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