Incisionless transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound in essential tremor: Cerebellothalamic tractotomy

Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gallay, Marc N ^a   Moser, David ^a   Rossi, Franziska ^a   Pourtehrani, Payam ^b   Magara, Anouk E ^c   Kowalski, Milek ^d   Arnold, Alexander ^d   Jeanmonod, Daniel ^a  

^a Sonimodul   (Switzerland)

^b Rodiag Diagnostics Centers   (Switzerland)

^c Praxisgemeinschaft für Neurologie ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Privatklinik Obach   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebellothalamic tractotomy; Deep brain stimulation; Essential tremor; Essential tremor rating scale; Functional neurosurgery; Incisionless transcranial MR guided focused ultrasound; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; MODAFINIL; OCTANOL; PANTOPRAZOLE; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLOTHALAMIC TRACTOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; ESSENTIAL TREMOR RATING SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANDWRITING; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 85010298670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20505736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40349-016-0049-8     Document Type: Article

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