Unilateral pallidotomy has been accepted as an efficacious treatment for Parkinson disease (PD) compared with medical therapies.1 Currently, magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) has been developed as a minimally invasive surgical technique, generating precise thermal lesions in the brain.2,3 We report successful unilateral MRgFUS pallidotomy in a patient with PD to control not only levodopa-induced dyskinesia but also cardinal motor symptoms. Acknowledgment: Itay Rachmilevitch and Eyal Zadicario, employees of InSightec (Haifa, Israel), provided technical assistance and description of methods.
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