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