ReviewExpert review of medical devices2020
Deep brain stimulation and other surgical modalities for the management of essential tremor.
Review in Expert review of medical devices, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of essential tremor - a systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Role of radiosurgical thalamotomy in the management for essential tremor: evidence from an international multi-institutional study.Journal of neurology · 2026Article
- Gamma knife thalamotomy provides durable long-term relief from essential tremor: a 30-year single institution experience.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- MRgFUS thalamotomy for the treatment of tremor: evaluation of learning curve and operator's experience impact on the procedural and clinical outcome.Acta neurochirurgica · 2023Article
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Essential Tremor.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2022Review
- Rationale and Evidence for Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Treating Essential Tremor.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Review
- Reduction of neuronal hyperexcitability with modulation of T-type calcium channel or SK channel in essential tremor.International review of neurobiology · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionSurgical treatments are considered for essential tremor (ET) when patients do not respond to oral pharmacological therapies. These treatments mainly comprise radiofrequency (RF) thalamotomy, gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and focused ultrasound (FUS) procedures. AREAS COVERED: We reviewed the strengths and weaknesses of each procedure and clinical outcomes for 7 RF studies (n = 85), 11 GKRS (n = 477), 33 DBS (n = 1061), and 13 FUS studies (n = 368). A formal comparison was not possible given the heterogeneity in studies. Improvements were about 42%-90% RF, 10%-79% GKRS, 45%-83% DBS, 42%-83% FUS at short-term follow-up (<12 months) and were about 54%-82% RF, 11%-84% GKRS, 18%-92% DBS, and 42%-80% FUS at long-term follow-up (>12 months). EXPERT OPINION: We found DBS with inherent advantages of being an adjustable and reversible procedure as the most frequently employed surgical procedure for control of ET symptoms. FUS is a promising procedure but has limited applicability for unilateral control of symptoms. RF is invasive, and GKRS has unpredictable delayed effects. Each of these surgical modalities has advantages and limitations that need consideration when selecting a treatment for the ET patients.
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