FUS technology wonderfully solves the problem of many patients with tremor

What is FUS technology all about?

This is the latest device to be introduced in Poland - first to Bródnowski Hospital, now to Medicover Hospital. It is an advanced technology for patients with tremor in Parkinson's disease, or with the disease entity spontaneous tremor. This device allows the tremor to be eliminated without opening the head. There is no danger that some damage can be done, for the reason that it is a concentrated dose of ultrasound guided to the target by means of magnetic resonance monitoring. First, the first damage is done, the so-called initial lethality, which is reversible. If we see that the symptoms subside, that it is the right place, then a second lezia is already performed with high temperature. Patients have gained a wonderful new method of treatment. Many patients after heart attacks take anticoagulants and cannot have surgery on the brain, so this device solves the problem for many of them.

How does the procedure itself go? How long does it last? Is the patient conscious during it?

The patient is awake at all times during the treatment and is in contact with us. This treatment can be discontinued at any time (the patient himself can do so by pushing the pear). The technology involves attaching a special stereotactic frame to the patient's head, which allows us to calculate the coordinates of the location we want to reach. The only inconvenience for the patient is that his hair has to be shaved off, in order for the ultrasound to spread properly. A special silicone hat, containing 15 liters of cool water, is placed on the patient's head. Hence, another inconvenience for the patient is that when this hat is put on, he has the feeling of cool water on the top of his head. And the rest is all pleasure and joy for the future.

Is the procedure associated with pain?

No. The procedure is not associated with pain, although some patients say that the last phase of the procedure, when the temperature is raised, is felt in the head as discomfort.

Where can the FUS procedure be performed?

Na razie są tylko dwa miejsca, gdzie można go wykonać. W Szpitalu Bródnowskim i w Szpitalu Medicover. Cieszę się z Medicoveru, dlatego że jest w nim profesjonalny zespół ludzi, którzy kwalifikują do zabiegu. Poza tym jest dostęp do wszystkich wyników danych. Czyli tam będą mogły powstawać publikacje, czy stopnie naukowe w oparciu o wyniki tej nowej metody leczenia.

I understand that the procedure is done on a commercial basis?

At Medicover, it is done on a commercial basis.

A webinar on this technology will be held soon.

This is a good idea. On May 11 at 8 p.m. there will be a lecture by a neurologist colleague who qualifies patients and later manages them, dosing them with medication. There will also be a talk by us who perform the procedure. There will also be an opportunity for participants and webinar watchers to ask questions.

The webinar is aimed at physicians - neurologists and neurosurgeons. The meeting will cover issues related to the new method of treatment of spontaneous tremor and tremor form of Parkinson's disease - MRg FUS.

Experts will discuss the indications for the procedure, the qualification process, the specifics of the procedure itself, among other things.

The main speaker at the meeting will be world-renowned neurosurgeon Prof. Miroslaw Ząbek, MD, director of the Gamma Knife Center in Warsaw, who is the only one in Poland, along with a team of neurosurgeons, to perform procedures using the MRg FUS method at Medicover Hospital.

Participants will be expected to attend interesting lectures, but also take part in a live Q&A session with experts.Participation in the event is free upon registration.

The number of seats is limited.

Register for the webinar: https://mcov.me/JZMlZ