MRI-guided laser ablation therapy: a minimally invasive option to treat tumors and epilepsy
Update: 2021-04-30
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Lasers are being used to ablate brain tumors and epileptic foci. In this episode, Dr. Rune Rasmussen, a neurosurgeon from Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, describes how MRI-guided laser ablation therapy works. How do they ablate a particular region without destroying the rest of the brain tissue? What are the indications for therapy? Why is it an advantage?
Guest:
Dr. Rune Rasmussen MD PhD
Head of stereotactic surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Host:
Pardis Zarifkar, MD
Image of laser ablation therapy: Medtronic
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