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Ataxia
Bradykinesia
Choreoathetosis
Corticobasal Degeneration
Dyskinesias (Paroxysmal)
Dystonia
Essential Tremor
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Huntington's Disease
Multiple System Atrophy
Myoclonus
Parkinson's Disease
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Restless Legs Syndrome
Rett Syndrome
Spasticity
Sydenham's Chorea
Tardive Dyskinesia
Tics
Tourette's Syndrome
Tremor
Wilson Disease
 

Surgical Techniques

Surgical techniques that have been employed in the treatment of myoclonus include

  • Decreasing pressure (decompression) of a peripheral injury in peripheral myoclonus
  • Removing an area of damage (lesion) that is putting pressure on the spinal cord (compression lesion in spinal myoclonus)
  • Implanting electrodes for deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the thalamus in selected patients with inherited myoclonus-dystonia syndrome that does not respond to treatment with drugs
  • Removing and excising abnormal tissue growth (neoplasms) in opsoclonus-myoclonus