Miki Hashida, Satoshi Maesawa, Sachiko Kato, Daisuke Nakatsubo, Takahiko Tsugawa, Jun Torii, Takafumi Tanei, Tomotaka Ishizaki, Manabu Mutoh, Yoshiki Ito, Takashi Tsuboi, Satomi Mizuno, Masashi Suzuki, Toshihiko Wakabayashi, Masahisa Katsuno, Ryuta Saito
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy is an effective treatment for essential tremor (ET). However, its long-term outcomes and prognostic factors remain unclear. This study aimed to retrospectively investigate 38 patients with ET who underwent MRgFUS thalamotomy and were followed up for >2 years. The improvement in tremor was evaluated using the Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor (CRST). Adverse events were documented, and correlations with factors, such as skull density ratio (SDR), maximum mean temperature (T-max), and lesion size, were examined...
February 15, 2024: Neurologia Medico-chirurgica