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MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Patients with Medically-refractory Essential Tremor
Published on: December 13, 2017
Ventralis intermedius thalamotomy can succeed when ventralis intermedius thalamic stimulation fails: report of 2
Cole A Giller1, Richard B Dewey
1Department of Neurological Surgery and Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA. cole.giller@utsouthwestern.edu
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
|April 5, 2003
Abstract:
In 2 patients with essential tremor, thalamotomy in the ventralis intermedius (VIM) provided lasting tremor relief after thalamic stimulation of the VIM failed. These cases illustrate that the effects of deep brain stimulation might not be those of simple inhibition, and that thalamotomy should be considered when deep brain stimulation does not succeed.
