Name: Ultrasound surgery -- healing without cuts
Uploaded: 2011-12-08T16:28:08Z
Duration: 15 min 56 s
Description: Imagine having a surgery with no knives involved. At TEDMED, Yoav Medan shares a technique that uses MRI to find trouble spots and focused ultrasound to treat such issues as brain lesions, uterine fibroids and several kinds of cancerous growths.

Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery -- healing without cuts

Ultrasound surgery -- healing without cuts

Imagine having a surgery with no knives involved. At TEDMED, Yoav Medan shares a technique that uses MRI to find trouble spots and focused ultrasound to treat such issues as brain lesions, uterine fibroids and several kinds of cancerous growths.

Noninvasive surgery is transforming patient care by combining focused ultrasound and MRI imaging to treat conditions once requiring incisions. Patients with brain lesions, chronic pain, or fibroids can now find relief without cuts or lengthy recovery. For example, a man with essential tremor regained steady hands the same day as treatment, and a woman with a grapefruit-sized fibroid became a mother after avoiding hysterectomy. This approach offers not just faster healing but greater independence and hope for those facing daunting diagnoses.