University of Maryland Medicine offers MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment to Par
University of Maryland Medicine offers MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment to Parkinson's patients
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improvement?
I sure wish they had included something about whether the patient improved or not-this is something, given the nature of the procedure, that I think would show benefits pretty quickly if it were going to be beneficial.
Other PWP have received this same treatment around the world, but how are they doing? |
http://www.nbcwashington.com/video/#...ason/324002491
Looks like this may be the first women who's had it done. I almost started to cry when she was running! |
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I assume a lot cheaper than DBS for obvious reasons. |
I have seen examples where Dr. Lozano has used focused ultrasound beams to treat patients with severe Essential Tremor. The results are amazing and immediate.
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Here is a link to a youtube video showing a patient with Essential Tremor before and after this type of surgery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdF_3eqp1pk It is more like pallidotomy than DBS. |
oops - here's the correct link
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Treatment Site Commercial Treatment Clinical Trial Location Country
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ✓ Toronto, ON Canada Rambam Medical Center ✓ Haifa Israel ResoFus - Centre Medic Alomar ✓ Barcelona Spain Center for Ultrasound Functional Neurosurgery ✓ Solothurn Switzerland FUS-Center, University of Zurich, Children's Hospital ✓ Zurich Switzerland Swedish Neurosciences Institute ✓ Seattle, WA United States University of Maryland School of Medicine ✓ Baltimore, MD United States University of Virginia (UVA) Health System ✓ Charlottesville, VA United States |
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