Noninvasive Treatment for Brain Tumors: Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery

2011 ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Martin ◽  
Ferenc A. Jolesz
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Brain Tumors ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Ultrasound Surgery ◽  
Noninvasive Treatment ◽  
Focused Ultrasound Surgery

scholarly journals Updated Costs of Uterine Fibroid Treatments Including Focused Ultrasound Surgery

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijan J. Borah ◽  
Elizabeth A. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Uterine Fibroids ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Invasive Treatment ◽  
Ultrasound Surgery ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Focused Ultrasound Surgery ◽  
Reproductive Age Women

Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) affect 20–40% of reproductive age women and are the major indication for hysterectomy. Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) is a new, potentially disruptive, non-invasive and uterine-sparing treatment option that has been shown to yield similar or better clinical outcomes than other uterine-sparing interventions. However, the costs of MRgFUS and other minimally-invasive treatment options have not been studied using US practice data. This study attempts to fill this void. And since uterine fibroids are the first FDA-approved indication for MRgFUS treatment, this study may also have implications for other indications which are now investigational.

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