Best deep brain stimulation (DBS) clinics in the world

• Neuromate® stereotactic robot makes the most accurate and least traumatic surgery in the world.
• You will be in the safe hands — Teknon neurologists have the best statistics in Europe.
• The surgery is provided by Dr. Bartolomé Oliver, who has over 35 years of experience in functional and minimally invasive neurosurgery. Doctor Oliver provides deep brain stimulation for patients with Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, and epilepsy.

LIV Hospital Group consists of multi-specialized Turkish hospital with two divisions of LIV Hospital Ankara, and LIV Hospital Istanbul (Ulus). Both of them are smart hospitals of new generation with all the medical technologies available in the world: da Vinci robot-assisted system for the surgeries, MAKOplasty for knee replacement, YAG Laser for vascular surgery, virtual angiography for cardiac diagnostics, etc. In 2016, LIV hospital had the best success rate among all Turkish hospitals. Three LIV centers are entitled as the Centers of Excellence.

• The specialists of the Neurosurgery Department at Sourasky provide over 1,000 surgeries per year.
• The neuro team is supervised by Prof. Itzhak Fried, one of the best neuroscientists in the world with over 30 years of practical experience.
• DBS here is prescribed for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, tremor, and epilepsy with foci located in different parts of the brain.

• The best deep brain stimulation neurosurgeon. Dr. Ali Zırh has 29 years of experience and has provided over 650 successful deep brain stimulation surgeries. In 2018, he gathered 329 patients with brain stimulator from all around the world. This event was named in the 2018 Guinness Book of World Records when the largest number of DBS patients appeared in one place.
• Dr. Zirh provides DBS for treatment of Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, Tourette’s Syndrome, other movement disorders.
• A top choice among Bookimed patients. 85% of Bookimed users request a procedure at Medipol.
• The price includes the surgery, neurostimulator, and up to 1-year follow-up examination.

DBS at BLK is provided by a neurosurgery team of the Functional Neurosurgery Unit - one of the largest in the country. BLK specialists prescribe DBS for people with severe neurological disorders and only after full exam with EEG, MRI, ECG. The Deep Brain Stimulation surgery lasts between 5-7 hours. A patient is under local anesthesia and remains awake. During this procedure a doctor implants electrodes into the brain of a patient. The electrodes need to stimulate the parts of the brain and eliminate or remove the symptoms of the disease. If the electrodes work correctly, doctors change temporary neurostimulator into a constant one.

The Apollo is the first hospital in India where DBS was provided. The Department of the Neurosurgery is one of the most experienced in the country. Neurosurgeries have been performed here since 1960.

After a complete examination, doctors decide whether a patient requires the DBS operation.

DBS is the most efficient treatment for Parkinson’s patients in case medicines are not effective. The procedure is conducted in two steps. The first step includes insertion of electrodes into the brain and temporary neurostimulator into the patient’s chest/abdomen. The second step of the DBS procedure is setting-up the device for correct impulses transmission and changing it into the constant one.

Anadolu Medical Center is a multidisciplinary facility providing American treatment standards at affordable prices in Istanbul (Turkey). Anadolu affiliates with the Johns Hopkins Hospital, one of the best medical facilities in the USA.

Oncology, oncohematology, check-up, women's health, cardiology are the leading specialties in Anadolu Hospital.

The medical center is among the Top 10 hospitals in the world according to the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA), an international organization that promotes excellent standards of health services for medical tourists.

Patients from the United States, the United Kingdom, Romania, Bulgaria, and Azerbaijan choose Anadolu Medical Center.

Severance Hospital in Korea is an international multidisciplinary clinic at Yonsei University, located in Seoul South Korea. Yonsei Severance Hospital's Health System includes: oncology and rehabilitation centers, pediatric and women's clinics, cardiovascular center and Clinic of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. The Hospital has been certified by JCI (Joint Commission International) and serves 1.6 million outpatients annually.

Samsung Medical Center is a prominent multidisciplinary hospital in South Korea that has repetitively received many awards in customer satisfaction and services quality. It has a special status of “Hospital of presidential standards”. A part of Samsung Medical Complex, Comprehensive Cancer Center provides the most thorough treatment for cancer patients using state-of-the-art equipment: Novalis, IGRT (image-guided radiation therapy), Da Vinci surgical system, etc.

• DBS is provided by a strong neurosurgical team headed by Dr. Ilana Schlesinger with 15+ years of experience.
• Rambam experts receive patients with severe Parkinson’s for the operation.
• Rambam Hospital is the largest center in Northern Israel, providing medical services for over 80 years.
• Parkinson’s patients from the USA, Jordan, and the UK choose Rambam for the treatment.