Earlier this month, a Parkinson’s patient in Scotland had an ultrasonic thalamotomy, a procedure that offers sufferers hope for their return to independence.2018 saw the 63-year-old Ian Keir receive a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis after experiencing right hand tremors for two years that prevented him from doing daily duties.
The retired firefighter is now less dependent on his wife because he can write and chop his own food again after undergoing the non-invasive operation at the University of Dundee’s School of Medicine as part of an international clinical trial.
“It feels like a miracle,” Mr. Keir, who is from Carnoustie in eastern Scotland, remarked. My tremor has totally disappeared.
My handwriting is returned, I can pour a jug of water, and I can now perform tasks without giving them any thought beforehand.
Despite my obvious nervousness, the improvement happened nearly instantly.
One sign of the terminal disease is uncontrollably shaking due to low dopamine levels in the brain.
The ultrasonography Thalamotomy is an incisionless surgery that creates a lesion in the thalamus, the area of the brain responsible for controlling movement, using high-intensity focused ultrasound.
