[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound for neuromodulation

DP Darrow - Neurotherapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
For more than 70 years, the promise of noninvasive neuromodulation using focused
ultrasound has been growing while diagnostic ultrasound established itself as a foundation …

Thermal ablation of biological tissues in disease treatment: A review of computational models and future directions

S Singh, R Melnik - Electromagnetic biology and medicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Percutaneous thermal ablation has proven to be an effective modality for treating both
benign and malignant tumours in various tissues. Among these modalities, radiofrequency …

Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT): seizure outcomes for refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

S Le, AL Ho, RS Fisher, KJ Miller, JM Henderson… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive alternative with
less cognitive risks compared with traditional surgery for focal drug-resistant epilepsy …

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy

C Anyanwu, GK Motamedi - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Despite appropriate trials of at least two antiepileptic drugs, about a third of patients with
epilepsy remain drug resistant (intractable; refractory). Epilepsy surgery offers a potential …

[HTML][HTML] Laser interstitial thermotherapy (LiTT) in pediatric epilepsy surgery

C Hoppe, C Helmstaedter - Seizure, 2020 - Elsevier
Laser interstitial thermotherapy (LiTT) is a novel stereotactic approach to the surgical
treatment of severe drug-resistant focal epilepsies. This review extends our recent general …

Surgical outcomes between temporal, extratemporal epilepsies and hypothalamic hamartoma: systematic review and meta-analysis of MRI-guided laser interstitial …

N Barot, K Batra, J Zhang, ML Klem… - Journal of Neurology …, 2022 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Approximately 1/3 of patients with epilepsy have drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE)
and require surgical interventions. This meta-analysis aimed to review the effectiveness of …

Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: indications, techniques, and safety

JL Hect, AA Alattar, EE Harford, H Reecher… - Child's Nervous …, 2022 - Springer
Background MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) is a promising
alternative to open surgery for treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy, offering significant …

A meta-analysis on potential modifiers of LITT efficacy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: seizure-freedom seems to fade with time

AG Brotis, T Giannis, T Paschalis, E Kapsalaki… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The efficacy of laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) in mesial temporal lobe
epilepsy (MTLE) has not been clearly established yet. Objective: We conducted a meta …

[HTML][HTML] Intracranial EEG and laser interstitial thermal therapy in MRI-negative insular and/or cingulate epilepsy: case series

ED Gireesh, K Lee, H Skinner, J Seo, PC Chen… - Journal of …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to assess the success rate and complications of
stereo-electroencephalogra-phy (sEEG) and laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) in the …

Systematic review of corpus callosotomy utilizing MRI guided laser interstitial thermal therapy

CA Badger, AJ Lopez, G Heuer, BC Kennedy - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Corpus callosotomy is a palliative surgical option for patients with refractory epilepsy and
frequent drop attacks, decreasing seizure frequency and severity by disconnecting the …