MRI-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epilepsy

Robert Y North; Jeffrey S Raskin; Daniel J Curry

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2017.06.001

MRI-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epilepsy

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2017 Oct;28(4):545-557. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2017.06.001.

Authors

Robert Y North¹, Jeffrey S Raskin², Daniel J Curry³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge, Suite 9A, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
² Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin Street, Suite 1230, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 6701 Fannin Street, Suite 1230, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: djcurry@bcm.edu.

PMID: 28917283
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2017.06.001

Abstract

MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for epilepsy (LITT-E) has become an established, minimally invasive alternative to traditional epilepsy surgery. LITT-E is particularly valuable in cases in which open surgery poses unacceptably high morbidity or patient preference precludes craniotomy. Here we present a focused review of technical details and application of LITT to both focal and generalized epilepsy.

Keywords: Epilepsy; LITT; Laser ablation; MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Craniotomy
Epilepsy / diagnostic imaging*
Epilepsy / therapy*
Humans
Hyperthermia, Induced / methods*
Laser Therapy / methods*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional*