TY - JOUR
T1 - Awake Laser Ablation with Continuous Neuropsychological Testing During Treatment of Brain Tumors and Epilepsy
AU - Nielsen, Silas Haahr
AU - Skjøth-Rasmussen, Jane
AU - Moldrup, Signe Delin
AU - Engelmann, Christina Malling
AU - Jespersen, Bo
AU - Rasmussen, Rune
N1 - Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is feasible and safe in the awake patient. Awake LITT may be performed with analgesics for head fixation in a head-ring, no sedation during laser ablation, and with continuous neurological testing in patients with brain tumors and epilepsy. In the LITT treatment of lesions near eloquent areas and subcortical fiber tracts, neurological function can potentially be preserved by monitoring the patient during laser ablation.
AB - MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is feasible and safe in the awake patient. Awake LITT may be performed with analgesics for head fixation in a head-ring, no sedation during laser ablation, and with continuous neurological testing in patients with brain tumors and epilepsy. In the LITT treatment of lesions near eloquent areas and subcortical fiber tracts, neurological function can potentially be preserved by monitoring the patient during laser ablation.
KW - LITT
KW - Mapping
KW - Awake surgery
KW - Neuropsychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148701280&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.nec.2022.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.nec.2022.11.003
M3 - Review
C2 - 36906330
SN - 1042-3680
VL - 34
SP - 239
EP - 245
JO - Neurosurgery clinics of North America
JF - Neurosurgery clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -