I am not familiar with the team at toronto but I am familiar with the surgery. I had it in 2001. I had mine done at Stanford Medical Center in California led by Dr. Gary Heit. I have had the battery packs replaced last year as well as one stimulator and wire due to a short. If I to do it over I would have it done again in a heartbeat.

Tena is correct in saying it is not a cure by any means, however I would add it is the closest thing we have now. Overall I had a 92% improvement of my symptoms. It reduced my severe dyskinesia to almost non existent, helped with tremor, rigidity and freezing.Unfortunely it wont help with falling.

I am sure Charlie will have some input for you also. Dont be afraid to ask questions, for example; how many DBS surgeries have they done, what is their success ratio, infection ratio, how do they locate the target area? These are some to start with.

Good luck.