Chennai: Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre has said it recently performed Asia-Pacific’s First Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery using an advanced Auto-sensing device (Percept PC) for controlling the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.
The surgery led by Dr Paresh Doshi; director of neurosurgery, was conducted on a 42-year-old male diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease, it said.
Over the past seven years, he had been managing his medications and had reasonable control over his disease.
Unfortunately, since the past two years, his conditions worsened, wherein his hands and legs would become stiff like a log, toes and fingers would curl up and cause severe pain. This was mostly eased through medications, but at times even medicines would not work. These medicines came with another set of side effects called dyskinesias.
The surgery involves implantation of an electrode into the specific target nucleus of the brain and is now a well-established therapy for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease.