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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 historical perspective and technical fundament...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Chiang, Veronica L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Danish, Shabbar F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gross, Robert E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Subjects:
Neurosurgery.
Oncology  .
Radiotherapy.
Oncology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48047-9
Table of Contents:
  • Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: Historical Perspectives and Overview of the Principles of LITT
  • Technical Considerations for LITT - Getting Through the Procedure
  • Special Technical Considerations: LITT in The Awake Patient and The Pacemaker Patient
  • Complications of LITT
  • LITT for Metastatic In-Field Recurrence
  • LITT Treatment of High-Grade Gliomas
  • LITT for Pediatric Brain Tumors
  • LITT in the Treatment of Adult Epilepsy
  • LITT in Adult Functional Neurosurgery: Movement Disorders
  • LITT for Intractable Psychiatric Disease
  • LITT in Pediatric Epilepsy
  • LITT for Spine Tumors
  • Building a LITT Practice.

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