Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: Lighting the Way to a New Treatment Option in Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery. 2016 Dec:79 Suppl 1:S3-S7. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001435.

Authors

Roberto Diaz¹, Michael E Ivan, Simon Hanft, Steve Vanni, Glen Manzano, Jonathan Jagid, Ricardo J Komotar

Affiliation

¹ *Department of Neurological Surgery, The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; ‡Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

PMID: 27861320
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001435

Abstract

LITT, laser interstitial therapyNd:YAG, neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Epilepsy / surgery
Humans
Hyperthermia, Induced / methods
Laser Therapy / methods*
Laser Therapy / trends
Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery
Neurosurgery / methods*
Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*