A 65-year-old patient from France, suffering from Parkinson’s plus syndrome, a neurodegenerative disorder with limited surgical options, has undergone a high cervical spinal cord stimulation in a private hospital in Bengaluru.
Doctors at Fortis Hospital Bannerghatta Road, where the patient was treated, claimed the procedure to be the first of its kind in the country. Under the care of a team of doctors led by Raghuram G., Additional Director of Neurosurgery and Guruprasad Hosurkar, Additional Director of Neurology, the patient was discharged within 10 days of surgery and rehabilitation.
After enduring four years of distress, the patient Mary (name changed) experienced numerous co-morbidities including stiffness in the legs, initial difficulty in walking, shuffling and freezing, poor control of movement in upper limbs, weakness, depression, loss of bladder control, speech impediments and swallowing difficulties. She was wheelchair-bound for eight months. Despite visiting numerous hospitals in Africa, England, and Paris, her condition did not improve, stated a release from the hospital.
