Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: a 5-year single-center experience.

CONCLUSIONS: MRgFUS thalamotomy for ET is an effective and safe procedure that provides long-term tremor relief and improvement in quality of life even in patients with medication-resistant disabling tremor. Additional studies with a larger group of patients is needed to substantiate these favorable results.
PMID: 31277064 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - July 4, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Sinai A, Nassar M, Eran A, Constantinescu M, Zaaroor M, Sprecher E, Schlesinger I Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research