Case Report on Deep Brain Stimulation Rescue After Suboptimal MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor: A Tractography-Based Investigation
Saluja S, Barbosa DAN, Parker JJ, Huang Y, Jensen MR, Ngo V, Santini VE, Pauly KB, Ghanouni P, McNab JA, Halpern CH. Case Report on Deep Brain Stimulation Rescue After Suboptimal MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor: A Tractography-Based Investigation. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2020, 14: 191. PMID: 32676015, PMCID: PMC7333679, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRefractory essential tremorVentralis intermedius nucleusEssential tremorLong-term outcome dataMRgFUS lesionsFocused ultrasound thalamotomyPrevalent movement disorderIntermedius nucleusSurgical interventionCase reportMovement disordersNeuromodulatory proceduresUltrasound thalamotomyTremor recurrenceTremor reliefInitial improvementBilateral DBSInvasive proceduresOutcome dataTremor controlLesionsMRgFUSDiffusion MRI tractographyMonopolar stimulationHand tremor