Abstract
Spinal laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) appears to be a promising novel modality for treatment of epidural metastatic spine disease in patients who are poor candidates for larger-scale oncologic spinal surgery and can act synergetically with spinal stereotactic radiosurgery to maximize local control and palliate pain. This technique is ideally suited for the intraoperative MRI suite to monitor the extent of the ablation in the epidural space. As percutaneous navigation, imaging, and LITT technology improve, broader applicability of this minimally invasive technique in spinal oncology is foreseen.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 513-524 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Neurosurgery clinics of North America |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2017 |
Keywords
- Laser interstitial thermal therapy
- Metastatic spine tumors
- Spinal stereotactic radiosurgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology