Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Preoperative Treatment with Bisphosphonates Does Not Change the Thermal Response of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy.
Matthew C Henn, Nemanja Useinovic, James Cahill, Helen Shi, Beck Shafie, Haley Smith, Molly Joyce, Tim Valuev, Christian G Lopez-Ramos, Ahmed M Raslan, Daniel R Cleary
Published: 202510.1159/000549833
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Skull density ratio (SDR) is an important criterion for predicting efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) thalamotomy for essential tremor and tremor-dependent Parkinson's disease. Bisphosphonates are known to increase bon…
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