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MRgFUS for essential tremor: what the research shows

MR-guided focused ultrasound for essential tremor. 271 papers from 2013 to 2026, including 11 meta-analyses, 12 systematic reviews and 0 randomised controlled trials. Each study below links to its source.

271Papers in the corpus
11Meta-analyses
0Randomised controlled trials
100Open-access papers

Study design

Jev labels
Meta-analysis11Systematic review12Non-randomised trial21Cohort23Cross-sectional2Case series10Case report21Narrative review105

48 papers have no confident study-design label yet. Labels are AI-classified by Jev: advisory, not clinician-reviewed.

Papers over time

by publication year
9648 2013–152019–212025–26*

* 2025–26 is still in progress, so its count is incomplete.

Most-cited trials and reviews

by citations
  1. 1

    Neurological adverse event profile of magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor.

    Meta-analysisFishman et al. · 2018 · 83 citations
  2. 2

    Cost-effectiveness of focused ultrasound, radiosurgery, and DBS for essential tremor.

    Meta-analysisRavikumar et al. · 2017 · 81 citations
  3. 3

    A meta-analysis of outcomes and complications of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in the treatment of essential tremor.

    Meta-analysisMohammed et al. · 2018 · 68 citations
  4. 4

    Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy and Other Interventions for Medication-Refractory Essential Tremor: An Indirect Comparison of Short-Term Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life.

    Meta-analysisLangford et al. · 2018 · 15 citations
  5. 5

    Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Neurosurgery for Essential Tremor: A Health Technology Assessment.

    Systematic reviewHealth Quality Ontario . · 2018 · 9 citations

Decision support only. This page summarises published literature; it is not medical advice or a recommendation for any patient. Study designs and topic labels are AI-classified by Jev: advisory, not clinician-reviewed. Abstracts are not reproduced here: follow the links to read each source. Data snapshot 2026-09-25.