MR-vejledt laserablation til behandling af hjernetumorer og epilepsi

Translated title of the contribution: MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in the treatment of brain tumours and epilepsy
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Abstract

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.

Translated title of the contributionMR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in the treatment of brain tumours and epilepsy
Original languageDanish
Article numberV02210128
JournalUgeskrift for Laeger
Volume183
Issue number22
ISSN0041-5782
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2021

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