MRgFUS vs Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

MRgFUS vs Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

• RF thalamotomy remains an important therapeutic option from economic point of view.
• MRgFUS is a no-incisions-treatment. RFA must be done by drilling the skull and a temporary insertion electrode. 
• MRgFUS is no-incisions-treatment, but RFA as any surgery with incisions could complicate with haemorrage.
• MRgFUS and RFA both does not need general anaesthesia, and the patient is conscious, during the RFA surgery a patient performs tests with an inserted electrode.
• MRgFUS targeting is reversible and does not lead the tissues damage, but reposition of RFA electrode is mechanical damage.
• Bilateral MRgFUS is feasible, but staged asymmetric bilateral stereotactic RF lesioning can be a safe and effective method in highly selected patients in good hands, in the past, bilateral RFA led to speech disorders which delayed development of RFA method.

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