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What criteria do you use to select elderly patients for focused ultrasound thalamotomy?

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Neurosurgery · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Elderly patients are perfectly suitable for MRgFUS treatment and are considered if their tremor is resistant to appropriate medical therapy, including propranolol and/or primidone. It should be equal to or greater than 2 on the FTM scale for tremor, and interfere substantially with daily activities ...

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