The situation
Levodopa still worked — but in shrinking windows, with dyskinesias between. The home neurologist mentioned DBS as a someday option without a pathway to it.
What we did
Xuanwu Hospital's team reviewed videos and records first (no wasted travel), then ran the on-site evaluation: off/on medication testing, MRI, cognitive screening. Candidacy confirmed, the family chose an established Chinese DBS system, cutting hardware cost dramatically.
Outcome
Electrodes placed without complication; programming over the following weeks smoothed the daily swings substantially. Total cost landed near a third of the Western quotes the family had gathered — with follow-up programming coordinated remotely with a home neurologist.
*This is an anonymized, composite case based on real coordination journeys; identifying details are changed or combined for privacy. Outcomes vary — nothing here is a promise of results.*