Successful neurosurgery with transcranial MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound

Monday, June 22, 2009 - 10:28 in Health & Medicine

The Magnetic Resonance Center of the University Children's Hospital Zurich has achieved a world first break through in MR-guided, non-invasive neurosurgery. Ten patients have been successfully treated by means of transcranial high-intensity focused ultrasound. This fully non-invasive procedure opens new horizons for neurosurgery and the treatment of different neurological brain disorders.

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