In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine coauthored by Vibhor Krishna, MD, associate professor of neurosurgery at the UNC School of Medicine, researchers show that a new focused ultrasound treatment improved dyskinesia and motor impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Patients who receive focused ultrasound treatment can go home the same day after surgery. This treatment was FDAapproved for patients with essential tremor in 2016, and now this pivotal trial has led to FDAapproval of focused ultrasound ablation to treat dyskinesia and motor impairment in Parkinson’ disease.

For more information on focused ultrasound treatment at UNC Health, please visit our website: www.med.unc.edu/neurosurgery