Abstrakt
MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive neurosurgical procedure, which in the last decade has gained significant momentum of the treatment of intracranial tumours and epileptic foci. In brief, LITT utilises the heat from a stereotactically placed laser catheter to selectively ablate a lesion or a structure under real-time MRI guidance, which is summarised and discussed in this review. The first LITT system gained FDA approval in 2007 and was CE-marked in 2018. In December 2020, the first patient with recurrent glioblastoma was treated at the Department of Neurosurgery at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.
Bidragets oversatte titel | MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in the treatment of brain tumours and epilepsy |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Artikelnummer | V02210128 |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 183 |
Udgave nummer | 22 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 15 nov. 2021 |
Emneord
- Brain Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Epilepsy/surgery
- Humans
- Laser Therapy
- Lasers
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/surgery