Sir Ganga Ram Hospital doctors perform rare surgery for patient suffering from Parkinson's disease
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A rare surgery for a patient suffering from Parkinson’s disease was successfully conducted by a team of doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
Fifty-one-year-old Savitri Devi has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for the last nine years. Her situation kept deteriorating despite being on medication.
In view of her deteriorating health, the doctors decided to perform a rare surgery.
According to the statement by the hospital, "Savitri Devi was getting treated with medicines but her symptoms kept on worsening and she started developing side effects on the medicines. Without medications, she also lost her body movement and could not walk, turn, or get up from bed properly.
According to the statement by the hospital, "Savitri Devi was getting treated with medicines but her symptoms kept on worsening and she started developing side effects on the medicines. Without medications, she also lost her body movement and could not walk, turn, or get up from bed properly.
It stated, "With medications, she was not able to control her hands and legs and they would move without her control. She tried taking treatment at various hospitals but she did not improve and her symptoms kept getting worsening. She finally came to us where she was thoroughly evaluated and we gave her the option of Deep Brain Stimulation. "
Dr. Shrey Jain, Associate Consultant, Neurosurgery Department, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said, "Deep Brain Stimulation is a new surgery where you stimulate particular brain areas. It acts just like the Pacemaker of the brain. In this case, we planned to stimulate the Subthalamic nucleus of the brain
Dr. Shrey Jain, Associate Consultant, Neurosurgery Department, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said, "Deep Brain Stimulation is a new surgery where you stimulate particular brain areas. It acts just like the Pacemaker of the brain. In this case, we planned to stimulate the Subthalamic nucleus of the brain
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