NewsUpdated: 25 Sept 2026Published: 03 Mar 2018

Doctors at Jain Hospital Cure the Incessant Tremors of a 67-Year-Old Parkinson's Disease Patient in a Wake Brain Surgery

By Bipasha Mitra
The procedure instantly stopped the tremors
  • 67-year-old Jyoti suffered from severe tremors in her arms and legs due to Parkinson's Disease.
  • Neurosurgeons at Jain Hospital, Bangalore performed a wake thalamotomy to cure the extreme symptomatic neurological disease.
  • According to Dr. Sharon Srinivasan a key pathway was required to be destroyed in her brain so as to stop the involuntary tremors.
  • Dr. Srinivasan also added that one needs to be precise during circuit burning and that too which is located 8 - 9 cm deep inside the brain as any mistake can could cause a major brain stroke.
  • As the surgeons performed a specific cut, the tremors stopped. 
  • Now, Jyoti does not experience shaking in her arms or legs anymore.

Source: Jain Hospital, Bangalore

 

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Bipasha Mitra

Bipasha Mitra

Vaidam Health · Updated 25 Sept 2026

After completing her Bachelors Degree in English and PG Diploma in Journalism, Bipasha started her career in writing. With an eye for detail and a creative bent of mind, she emphatically crafts patient's stories, and pens blogs and articles understanding what the readers want to know and should know for their medical treatment.

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