re striato nigral degeneration in article aa walrus mvhs edu ktodd walrus mvhs edu ken todd writes i would like any information available on this rare disease i understand that an operation referred to as pollidotomy may be in order does anyone know of a physician that performs this procedure all responses will be appreciated please respond via email to ktodd walrus mvhs edu it isn t that rare actually many cases that are called parkinson s disease turn out on autopsy to be snd it should be suspected in any case of parkinsonism without tremor and which does not respond to l dopa therapy i don t believe pallidotomy will do much for snd gordon banks n jxp skepticism is the chastity of the intellect and geb cadre dsl pitt edu it is shameful to surrender it too soon
