Fortis  Mohali treats Parkinson’s disease patient with Deep Brain Stimulation surgery

Adding another feature to its cap, the Fortis Hospital Mohali treated a Sixty four -year-old patient, who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease for the past 5 years, by performing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery, thus saving his life and helping him improve his daily activities.

Despite visiting various hospitals for years, the patient’s health was not improving and he continued to exhibit symptoms such as trembling of hands, arms, head, difficulty in speaking, stiffness of limbs and impaired coordination. He had become non-responsive to medicines and his symptoms had been progressing, while severely impacting his health and daily life.

The patient, however, then approached Dr Nishit Sawal, Consultant, Neurology, Fortis Hospital Mohali, for further treatment. The Neuro-Modulation Team at Fortis Mohali comprising Dr Anupam Jindal, Additional Director, Neurosurgery; Dr Vivek Agarwal, Consultant, Neuro-intervention and Interventional Radiology;Dr Abhishek Prasad, Consultant, Neuro-radiology; and Dr Nishit Sawal deliberated on the treatment modalities and decided to perform Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery.
Deep Brain Stimulation involves implanting electrodes inside the brain to produce electrical impulses, which helps treat affected cells and chemicals in the brain. The surgery helps improve motor complications in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

“Following good rehabilitation at Fortis Mohali, the patient’s health improved and symptoms began to subside. He is now leading a normal life today. Deep Brain Stimulation improves motor complications in patients with Parkinson’s disease and the symptoms such as trembling of hands, arms, head, and difficulty in walking subside post-surgery”, said Dr Nishit Sawal.
However, this is not the only case where the hospital saved a patient’s life. In another incident, the doctors performed similar surgery on a 65-year-old man from Haryana, who had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for the past eight years.

Fortis Hospital Mohali is the only hospital in North India (outside NCR) to provide 24×7 facilities for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, essential tremors and ataxia through DBS. Further, Fortis Mohali is the only hospital in North India to use Alpha Omega’s (Tel Aviv, Israel) MER (Microelectrode recording system) with a Robotic Drive which makes DBS targeting much more accurate.
Fortis Mohali also runs a dedicated ‘Movement Disorder Clinic’ every Saturday, from 11 AM to 2 PM, where a team comprising a neurologist, neurosurgeon and neuro-radiologist evaluates patients having tremors, ataxia, Huntington’s Chorea, dystonia etc. in detail.