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Hand tremors made everyday tasks nearly impossible. Innovative surgery developed in Chicago stopped them. "It's almost like a miracle"

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Matt O'Brien suffers from a movement disorder called essential tremor involuntary shaking.

He struggles to do what he loves best play his guitar.

"Deep brain stimulation" implanted wires in his brain to control tremors.

The wires are then tunneled to a rechargeable pacemaker for the brain.

"The degree of tremor control is 90 , 95 sometimes even 98 percent ," doctor says.

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