Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy with Dentato-Rubro-Thalamic Tractography in Patients with Spinal Cord Stimulators and Cardiac Pacemakers
| Autor: | Tigran Marashlian, Nathan Beatson, Ronald L. Wolf, Aaron Blanke, Matthew Korn, Shannon Maier, Brendan J McShane, Vivek P. Buch, Hanane Chaibainou, Kirsten Wombacher, Andrew I. Yang, Gordon H. Baltuch, Ashwin G. Ramayya, David Tilden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test Essential tremor Thalamotomy business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Thalamus Magnetic resonance imaging Ablation medicine.disease Spinal cord stimulator Cardiac pacemaker 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law medicine Surgery Neurology (clinical) Radiology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Tractography |
| Zdroj: | Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 98:263-269 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0372 1011-6125 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000507031 |
| Popis: | Magnetic resonance image-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MRgFUS)-based thermal ablation of the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM) is a minimally invasive treatment modality for essential tremor (ET). Dentato-rubro-thalamic tractography (DRTT) is becoming increasingly popular for direct targeting of the presumed VIM ablation focus. It is currently unclear if patients with implanted pulse generators (IPGs) can safely undergo MRgFUS ablation and reliably acquire DRTT suitable for direct targeting. We present an 80-year-old male with a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) and an 88-year-old male with a cardiac pacemaker who both underwent MRgFUS for medically refractory ET. Clinical outcomes were measured using the Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor (CRST). DRTT was successfully created and imaging parameter adjustments did not result in any delay in procedural time in either case. In the first case, 7 therapeutic sonications were delivered. The patient improved immediately and durably with a 90% CRST-disability improvement at 6-week follow-up. In our second case, 6 therapeutic sonications were delivered with durable, 75% CRST-disability improvement at 6 weeks. These are the first cases of MRgFUS thalamotomy in patients with IPGs. DRTT targeting and MRgFUS-based thermal ablation can be safely performed in these patients using a 1.5-T MRI. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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