James “Jay” Stinnett suffers from essential tremor, which is a neurological condition that causes shaking of the hands, head and voice. Research led him to find Dr. Devin Binder at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center, which is one of just a few hospitals in California to offer MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound MRgFUS ‒ an incisionless treatment for people with essential tremor who have not responded to medication. One of the benefits of MRgFUS is the almost immediate improvement in shaking.
Until very recently MRgFUS was only FDA approved to be used on the dominant hand, or the hand that had the most severe shaking. Now, it’s approved for the treatment of both hands. However, patients can only receive treatment for one hand at a time and must wait at least nine months between procedures.
Two years after his initial procedure, Jay recently became the first patient at Orange Coast Medical Center to undergo a second MRgFUS procedure for his non-dominant hand. Now, Jay is able to use both hands for everyday tasks with ease.
“I don’t think it’s possible to convey how debilitated I was before the two procedures,” says Jay. “I don’t feel like that anymore – this experience has changed my life.”
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