MRI-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epilepsy

Robert Y. North; Jeffrey S. Raskin; Daniel J. Curry

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2017.06.001

MRI-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epilepsy

Robert Y. North, Jeffrey S. Raskin, Daniel J. Curry^*

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Abstract

MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for epilepsy (LITT-E) has become an established, minimally invasive alternative to traditional epilepsy surgery. LITT-E is particularly valuable in cases in which open surgery poses unacceptably high morbidity or patient preference precludes craniotomy. Here we present a focused review of technical details and application of LITT to both focal and generalized epilepsy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	545-557
Number of pages	13
Journal	Neurosurgery clinics of North America
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nec.2017.06.001
State	Published - Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Epilepsy
Laser ablation
LITT
MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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