TEND Study:Telemedicine Nurse DBS for Parkinson's Disease

Exclusion Criteria

• •Clinically significant medical disease that would increase the risk of developing pre- or postoperative complications (e.g. significant cardiac or pulmonary disease, uncontrolled hypertension).
• •Evidence of secondary or atypical parkinsonism.
• •MRI scan with significant evidence of brain atrophy or other abnormalities.
• •Dementia as evidenced by impairment in two neuropsychological domains and impaired or borderline neuropsychological function in one additional domain.
• •A major untreated psychiatric disorder.