In 2016, Forbes Magazine carried an article on MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) for essential tremor (ET). Citing positive results from clinical trials, the article explained that “The treatment doesn’t require any implants, incisions or ionizing radiation.”
Conventional treatments for PD tremors
PD differs from ET in many respects, and is generally accompanied by multiple symptoms that progressively worsen. In PD, the brain cells that produce a neurotransmitter called dopamine are gradually destroyed. In turn, this diminishes muscle control, leading not only to tremors that occur at rest and during voluntary movement, but also to restricted range of motion, postural impairment, loss of balance and coordination etc etc etc...
Currently, conventional tremor treatments for PD patients include a range of medications (levodopa, dopamine agonists, anticholinergics, botulinum toxin, clozapine, amantadine, clonazepam, propranolol, and neurontinii). Some patients experience eventual side effects such as dyskinesia, and over time, medications generally become less effective. Surgical procedures (thalamotomy, deep brain stimulation) have helped many PD patients greatly reduce tremor, but these do not affect other PD-related impairments. Even so, patients for whom hand tremors greatly reduced their ability to function experience improved quality of life when surgical procedures are successful.
MRgFUS as an alternative to surgery
MR-guided Focused Ultrasound is a new technology that uses sonic energy (sonications) to ablate (destroy) the tiny area of the brain’s thalamus that produces tremors. Advances in MRI allow accurate mapping of the thalamus to facilitate treatment planning, and also to guide the treatment itself. Improvements in ultrasound technology allow the sonic energy to be focused at the target from many directions; when they converge upon the target, it produces the intense heat that accomplishes the ablation.
Three advantages of MRgFUS for PD tremor
MRgFUS is a noninvasive outpatient procedure. No scalpel is needed to cut skin, no drill is needed to bore a hole in the skull, and nothing is implanted in the brain.
Its three main advantages for PD-related tremor are:
No infection risk associated with surgical thalamotomy or surgical implants
“Test” sonications to confirm precise targeting prior to full ablation
When successful, the results are immediately evident.
A few words of caution: MRgFUS is not effective in every case. As with MRgFUS for ET, treatment will be directed to the hand in which tremor is worse, since treating both hands increases the risk of side effects. Patients who have suffered with significant tremor for years may experience less effective tremor control, or gradual recurrence of tremor. Finally, MRgFUS does not cure PD, nor will it have an effect on other PD-related problems....

I had it done about 8 months ago. Tremors on my right side are gone! However my balance is not as good and I am using a walker. I would like to walk without a walker. Is that possible?

I just checked Mayo Clinic and couldn't find anything. The Cleveland Clinic has information. Not sure I would try it though.

thank you

Try Mayo clinic in the US...have no idea as to costs...