Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Neurosurgery
This book serves as a foundation for MRI guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) across neurosurgical diseases. It provides state-of-the-art information on the latest indications and results for LITT in CNS applications, as well as prerequisite
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Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Neurosurgery
Veronica L. Chiang • Shabbar F. Danish Robert E. Gross Editors
Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Neurosurgery
Editors Veronica L. Chiang Department of Neurosurgery Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT USA
Shabbar F. Danish Department of Neurosurgery Rutgers-RWJ Medical School New Brunswick, NJ USA
Robert E. Gross Department of Neurosurgery Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA USA
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Foreword
Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT), also known as Laser Induced Thermal Therapy, Stereotactic Laser Ablation, or, simply, Laser Ablation, for CNS disorders is not new. Pioneers in Germany and Boston, Massachusetts, set forth to try to treat brain tumors using various versions of laser-generated heat in the 1990s. Although there were some promising early results, it was clear that this was an idea that was ahead of its time due to the limitations of contemporary technologies. A decade later saw a new generation of LITT, with sophisticated, self- cooling laser probes that use near-infrared wavelength energy to heat and coagulate brain tissues, monitored in real time by magnetic resonance thermography. Whether or not used in conjunction with robotic probe-driving control and the choice of side-firing versus the more traditional diffuse radiant pattern, LITT systems today promise a new, minimally invasive approach to neurosurgery. LITT ablation of CNS tissue is currently used for the treatment of a number of brain disorders, includ
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