Patient Selection Worksheet
       
   

This interactive worksheet would enable you to decide if the patient suffering from Parkinson's disease is a good candidate for surgery or not. If there is doubt, than you can contact a center which has experience and expertise in evaluating candidates for Parkinson's disease surgery.

  
       
   

Levodopa responsiveness is critical in assessing whether a patient has idiopathic Parkinson's disease or an atypical form.

  
       
   
Opening Question

Does the patient now or did the patient in the past have some improvement of Parkinsonian symptoms, no matter how incomplete or brief, after Levodopa treatment? (clicking on one of the choices will direct you to a page with additional instructions and choices).
Yes
 
No