2024
Laser interstitial thermal therapy for new and recurrent meningioma: a prospective and retrospective case series.
Chiang V, Pugazenthi S, Leidig W, Rodriguez A, Prabhu S, Haskell-Mendoza A, Fecci P, Placantonakis D, Abram S, Lega B, Kim A. Laser interstitial thermal therapy for new and recurrent meningioma: a prospective and retrospective case series. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2024, 141: 642-652. PMID: 38457795, DOI: 10.3171/2023.12.jns231542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaser interstitial thermal therapyInterstitial thermal therapyRecurrent meningiomasComplication rateTreatment optionsFollow-upCohort studyResistant to standard therapyBrain tumorsProgression-free survivalOutcome dataOverall survival rateRetrospective case seriesProspective multicenter registryPatients to dateThermal therapyStandard therapyMulticenter registryAblation coverageCase seriesTumor typesAdult patientsMedian lengthMeningiomasDisease progression
2017
Laser Thermal Ablation for Metastases Failing Radiosurgery: A Multicentered Retrospective Study
Chaunzwa TL, Deng D, Leuthardt EC, Tatter SB, Mohammadi AM, Barnett GH, Chiang VL. Laser Thermal Ablation for Metastases Failing Radiosurgery: A Multicentered Retrospective Study. Neurosurgery 2017, 82: 56-63. PMID: 28419284, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyx142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadiosurgical failureRadiation necrosisTumor regrowthAblation therapyFluid-attenuated inversion recovery signalTreatment factorsMulticentered retrospective studyKarnofsky performance statusMetastatic brain lesionsThermal ablation therapyLow complication rateTraditional treatment optionsTreatment of metastasesInversion recovery signalLaser thermal ablationBrain metastasesPreoperative symptomsComplication ratePerformance statusSymptomatic improvementSymptomatic reliefPerilesional edemaRetrospective studySurgical dataTreatment options