Successful neurosurgery with transcranial MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound
Monday, June 22, 2009 - 06:14
in Health & Medicine
The Magnetic Resonance Centre 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...