Initial outcomes and safety of MR guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy for essential tremor of the first FUS Medical Unit in Portugal

Nuno Vila-Chã; Clara Chamadoira; Rui Araújo; Domingos Oliveira; Joana Alves Costa

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1788668

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Aug 2024)

Initial outcomes and safety of MR guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy for essential tremor of the first FUS Medical Unit in Portugal

Nuno Vila-Chã,
Clara Chamadoira,
Rui Araújo,
Domingos Oliveira,
Joana Alves Costa

Affiliations

Nuno Vila-Chã: ORCiD; HIFU MRg Unit - JCC Diagnostic Imaging & HOPCA Saúde, installed in partnership at Hospital São Francisco do Porto, Portugal.
Clara Chamadoira: ORCiD; HIFU MRg Unit - JCC Diagnostic Imaging & HOPCA Saúde, installed in partnership at Hospital São Francisco do Porto, Portugal.
Rui Araújo: ORCiD; HIFU MRg Unit - JCC Diagnostic Imaging & HOPCA Saúde, installed in partnership at Hospital São Francisco do Porto, Portugal.
Domingos Oliveira: ORCiD; HIFU MRg Unit - JCC Diagnostic Imaging & HOPCA Saúde, installed in partnership at Hospital São Francisco do Porto, Portugal.
Joana Alves Costa: ORCiD; HIFU MRg Unit - JCC Diagnostic Imaging & HOPCA Saúde, installed in partnership at Hospital São Francisco do Porto, Portugal.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1788668
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 82, no. 08
pp. 001 – 007

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Background The magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) has emerged as an innovative treatment for patients with medically refractory essential tremor (ET).

Published in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

ISSN: 0004-282X (Print); 1678-4227 (Online)
Publisher: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://www.scielo.br/j/anp/

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