2019
Three-year follow-up of prospective trial of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor.
Halpern CH, Santini V, Lipsman N, Lozano AM, Schwartz ML, Shah BB, Elias WJ, Cosgrove GR, Hayes MT, McDannold N, Aldrich C, Eisenberg HM, Gandhi D, Taira T, Gwinn R, Ro S, Witt J, Jung NY, Chang JW, Rosenberg J, Ghanouni P. Three-year follow-up of prospective trial of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor. Neurology 2019, 93: e2284-e2293. PMID: 31748250, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocused ultrasound thalamotomyAdverse eventsQuality of lifeEssential tremorProspective trialUltrasound thalamotomyMedication-refractory essential tremorTcMRgFUS thalamotomyMulticenter prospective trialNew adverse eventsClass IV evidenceHand tremorEssential Tremor QuestionnaireSevere essential tremorClinical rating scalesMagnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomyClinical outcomesFunctional disabilityThird followTreatment metricsTremor scorePostural tremorDurable benefitThalamotomyMedian score
2017
Transcranial MRI‐guided high‐intensity focused ultrasound for treatment of essential tremor: A pilot study on the correlation between lesion size, lesion location, thermal dose, and clinical outcome
Federau C, Goubran M, Rosenberg J, Henderson J, Halpern CH, Santini V, Wintermark M, Pauly K, Ghanouni P. Transcranial MRI‐guided high‐intensity focused ultrasound for treatment of essential tremor: A pilot study on the correlation between lesion size, lesion location, thermal dose, and clinical outcome. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2017, 48: 58-65. PMID: 29076274, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25878.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedication-refractory essential tremorClinical outcomesEssential tremorThalamic nucleiLesion volumeLesion sizeAnterior commissure-posterior commissure planeLateral posterior thalamic nucleusPilot studyFinal lesion volumePosterior thalamic nucleusPromising noninvasive methodWilcoxon twoVentral divisionPosttreatment imagesLesion locationYear posttreatmentPosterior commissureScore improvementDoseNoninvasive methodTremorJ. MagnStatistical significanceTechnical efficacy