MR-guided laser ablation

Martin G Mack; Thomas Lehnert; Katrin Eichler; Thomas J Vogl

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2005.04.006

MR-guided laser ablation

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2005 Aug;13(3):583-94. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2005.04.006.

Authors

Martin G Mack¹, Thomas Lehnert, Katrin Eichler, Thomas J Vogl

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt/Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany. M.Mack@em.uni-frankfurt.de

PMID: 16084421
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2005.04.006

Abstract

MR-guided LITT is a safe and effective treatment modality that improves survival in well-selected patients who have liver metastases. A major advantage of MR-guided LITT is that it can be easily performed under local anesthesia in an outpatient setting with a low complication rate.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Child
Female
Humans
Hyperthermia, Induced / instrumentation
Hyperthermia, Induced / methods*
Laser Therapy*
Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Intraoperative / instrumentation
Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods*
Postoperative Complications
Survival Rate
Swine
Treatment Outcome