Preliminary Experience on Laser Interstitial Thermal Ablation Therapy in the Treatment of Extra-axial Masses: Indications, Imaging Characterization and Outcomes

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Armando RuizR Medvid

Abstract

Laser thermal ablation is a novel minimally invasive neurosurgical technique that has proven to be beneficial in the treatment of a select group of neurosurgical conditions such as primary brain neoplasms, brain metastases, radiation necrosis, and epileptogenic lesions such as cortical dysplasia and mesial temporal sclerosis. The applicability of laser thermal ablation and its utility in the treatment of extra-axial (EA) brain neoplasms, mainly meningioma, is another novel use of this technique. Our article discusses the use and benefits of this technique in this particular clinical scenario. We describe our experience in a group of symptomatic patients from our institution with EA masses, mainly recurrent meningiomas, that failed previous more conventional treatment therapies such as surgery and radiotherapy. Our paper emphasizes patient selection, indications for the procedure, and post-treatment imaging characteristics of the ablated lesions.

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