High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) & Essential Tremor

 Oliver Flouty, MD, discusses that lesions in the brain have been used to treat all sorts of neurological disorders. Including Essential Tremor and Parkinsons Disease.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the safety of the HIFU procedure
  • Discuss how HIFU is effective in mitigating tremors
  • Determine the advantages and disadvantages of HIFU for tremor patients

Published

August 28, 2023

Expires

August 1, 2024

Presenters

Oliver Flouty

Oliver Flouty

Assistant professor Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair University of South Florida