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    Interventional procedure overview of MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for treating moderate to severe tremor in Parkinson's

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    Existing assessments of this procedure

    The treatment guidelines on Parkinson's disease (invasive therapies) by the European Academy of Neurology and the European section of the Movement Disorder Society recommend 'unilateral thalamotomy with MRgFUS only within clinical studies or registries because of the lack of appropriate data'.

    The guidelines task force considered that 'there are no sufficient RCTs available for unilateral or bilateral MRgFUS thalamotomy for medically resistant tremor in PD. Although there is promising preliminary data, this treatment should only be applied within clinical studies or registries' (Deuschl 2022).