In a ground-breaking surgery, doctors at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Bloomsbury successfully cured a woman suffering from Tourette's syndrome by implanting electrodes in her brain.

The treatment of the woman, Jayne Bargent, 55, was part of a trial which is currently underway by the UCL National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The Doctors involved in the trial are of the opinion that the impulses from the electrodes can effectively diminish disorganised and mistaken messages which pass through the brain and are the apparent cause behind convulsions.

While the technique is already in use for treating conditions like Parkinson's, the trial in Bargent’s case involved the implant of two small electrodes into her brain; and the subsequent connection of these electrodes with a pacemaker battery in her chest.

The procedure has effectively cured Bargent - who had been suffering from Tourette's syndrome since childhood, but the condition had become pretty worse of late – of the disorderly and violent spasms which had hampered her ability to read, cook or even walk in a straight line.

Terming the results of the electrode-implant procedure as “absolutely amazing,” Bargent – who had become a virtual loner due to her worsening Tourette's syndrome – said that the pioneering surgery “is going to give me my life back.”

Meanwhile, noting that Bargent had shown an ‘unusual’ speed of response to the treatment, consultant neurologist Tom Foltynie said: “We generally see effects over days rather than minutes.”