Scalpel free Surgery

[jimcaster]

Another interesting advance...

sciencedaily.com/releases/2...

[MBAnderson]

Focused ultrasound for PD is being practiced in Korea, Israel, and Japan and probably other places, like Scandinavia. I remember having read a post on HU from someone who had flown to another country to have the procedure. Since it is already FDA approved for essential tremor, you would think it's being approved for PD shouldn't be too long off.

[jimo2017 in reply to MBAnderson]

approx 10years ago i was diagnosed with prostate cancer found a site YANA (you are not alone) and made contact with a lovely lady who told me husband went to Belgium for HIFU treatment (high intensive focus ultrasound) i had treatment carried out in Middleheim hospital by a surgeon called mr D Hont iam now 82 still here

[Juliegrace in reply to MBAnderson]

They were hoping to fast track it via the study I participated in, but as we all know PD is complicated and the results were not as good and easily obtained as they had hoped which is why the study has been expanded.

[saraoutwest]

I am very hopeful regarding this procedure. I know it’s not a cure, but by all accounts looks extremely helpful. I’ve already started saving....maybe at some point it will be covered by national health cover once FDA approved (currently in stage 3 clinical trials in US) I live in NZ, tremor dominant. I guess until then it’s HDT, healthy diet, excerise and hope.

[Juliegrace]

I participated in the early trial using FUS for dyskinesia in 2016 (patient #5). It was marginally helpful for a time, but I was a bit of an outlier and didn't have as good of an outcome as most of the other participants. They have expanded the study and I think they're still recruiting. I had the procedure at the University of Maryland (Baltimore) Medical Center and they're amazing. And, even though the procedure for ET has been approved, insurance companies are balking at paying for it (it's an expensive procedure). Having it done through research is free other than the travel.

healthunlocked.com/parkinso...

[saraoutwest in reply to Juliegrace]

Did it not help your tremor?

[Juliegrace in reply to saraoutwest]

I don't have tremor. I was in the dyskinesia part of the study. It helped for a time but several other participants had better results.

[PDConscience in reply to Juliegrace]

Yes, it's "free", but limited to a unilateral (one sided) application. In other words, you get half of a treatment for "free" when participating in current trials stateside. If you want bilateral treatment (i.e., for bilateral tremors, etc.), you may need to fly to Switzerland and pay the hefty out-of-pocket costs.

[hanifag in reply to Juliegrace]

Hi JUliegrace

was the procedure for Parkinson I am getting tested for the trial study at Stanford

my appointment for assessment is on 29 th Nov

[Juliegrace in reply to hanifag]

Good luck. I wish Stanford had been doing it when I participated. It was a lot of travel from Washington state back and forth to Baltimore, but I'm still glad I did it.

[JANVAN]

Check also : sonimodul.ch/ I think this professor was one the first to do it, it's a very small clinic, but they already over 5 years experience. And in Switzerland it's covered by the health insurance.....

[Xenos in reply to JANVAN]

Sure, Janvan, but you have to be Swiss...

That said I would accept Swiss nationality any time...

[Juliegrace in reply to JANVAN]

The US trial people have tried to contact the Swiss doctor; so far he has been unwilling to communicate with them.

[JANVAN in reply to Juliegrace]

O.K.,,,, strange...