Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Essential Tremor: Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Ablation Alone or Additional Posterior Subthalamic Area Lesioning?
essential tremor
magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound
posterior subthalamic area
ventral intermediate nucleus
Journal
Movement disorders clinical practice
ISSN: 2330-1619
Titre abrégé: Mov Disord Clin Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101630279
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Mar 2024
12 Mar 2024
Historique:
revised:
18
12
2023
received:
31
07
2023
accepted:
24
01
2024
medline:
12
3
2024
pubmed:
12
3
2024
entrez:
12
3
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for treatment of essential tremor (ET) traditionally targets the ventral intermediate (Vim) nucleus. Recent strategies include a secondary lesion to the posterior subthalamic area (PSA). The aim was to compare lesion characteristics, tremor improvement, and adverse events (AE) between patients in whom satisfactory tremor suppression was achieved with lesioning of the Vim alone and patients who required additional lesioning of the PSA. Retrospective analysis of data collected from ET patients treated with MRgFUS at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney was performed. Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor (CRST), hand tremor score (HTS), and Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST) were collected pre- and posttreatment in addition to the prevalence of AEs. The lesion coordinates and overlap with the dentatorubrothalamic tract (DRTT) were evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging. Twenty-one patients were treated in Vim only, and 14 were treated with dual Vim-PSA lesions. Clinical data were available for 29 of the 35 patients (19 single target and 10 dual target). At follow-up (mean: 18.80 months) HTS, CRST, and QUEST in single-target patients improved by 57.97% (P < 0.001), 36.71% (P < 0.001), and 58.26% (P < 0.001), whereas dual-target patients improved by 68.34% (P < 0.001), 35.37% (P < 0.003), and 46.97% (P < 0.005), respectively. The Vim lesion of dual-target patients was further anterior relative to the posterior commissure (PC) (7.84 mm), compared with single-target patients (6.92 mm), with less DRTT involvement (14.85% vs. 23.21%). Dual-target patients exhibited a greater proportion of patients with acute motor AEs (100% vs. 58%); however, motor AE prevalence was similar in both groups at long-term follow-up (33% vs. 38%). Posterior placement of lesions targeting the Vim may confer greater tremor suppression. The addition of a PSA lesion, in patients with inadequate tremor control despite Vim lesioning, had a trend toward better long-term tremor suppression; however, this approach was associated with greater prevalence of gait disturbance in the short term.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for treatment of essential tremor (ET) traditionally targets the ventral intermediate (Vim) nucleus. Recent strategies include a secondary lesion to the posterior subthalamic area (PSA).
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
The aim was to compare lesion characteristics, tremor improvement, and adverse events (AE) between patients in whom satisfactory tremor suppression was achieved with lesioning of the Vim alone and patients who required additional lesioning of the PSA.
METHODS
METHODS
Retrospective analysis of data collected from ET patients treated with MRgFUS at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney was performed. Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor (CRST), hand tremor score (HTS), and Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST) were collected pre- and posttreatment in addition to the prevalence of AEs. The lesion coordinates and overlap with the dentatorubrothalamic tract (DRTT) were evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Twenty-one patients were treated in Vim only, and 14 were treated with dual Vim-PSA lesions. Clinical data were available for 29 of the 35 patients (19 single target and 10 dual target). At follow-up (mean: 18.80 months) HTS, CRST, and QUEST in single-target patients improved by 57.97% (P < 0.001), 36.71% (P < 0.001), and 58.26% (P < 0.001), whereas dual-target patients improved by 68.34% (P < 0.001), 35.37% (P < 0.003), and 46.97% (P < 0.005), respectively. The Vim lesion of dual-target patients was further anterior relative to the posterior commissure (PC) (7.84 mm), compared with single-target patients (6.92 mm), with less DRTT involvement (14.85% vs. 23.21%). Dual-target patients exhibited a greater proportion of patients with acute motor AEs (100% vs. 58%); however, motor AE prevalence was similar in both groups at long-term follow-up (33% vs. 38%).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Posterior placement of lesions targeting the Vim may confer greater tremor suppression. The addition of a PSA lesion, in patients with inadequate tremor control despite Vim lesioning, had a trend toward better long-term tremor suppression; however, this approach was associated with greater prevalence of gait disturbance in the short term.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : The Brain and Mind Centre Partnership Grant
Organisme : The GE Healthcare Medical Physics PhD Scholarship
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Authors. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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