Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Neurosurgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: Historical Perspectives and Overview of the Principles of LITT

   • Richard Tyc, Mark G. Torchia, Kevin Beccaria, Michael Canney, Alexandre Carpentier

   Pages 1-17

3. Technical Considerations for LITT: Getting Through the Procedure

   • Nitesh V. Patel, Simon Hanft, Veronica L. Chiang, David D. Gonda, Joseph S. Neimat, Shabbar F. Danish

   Pages 19-36

4. Special Technical Considerations: LITT in the Awake Patient and the Pacemaker Patient

   • Brian D. Toyota, Jamie Joseph Van Gompel, Sanjeet S. Grewal

   Pages 37-44

5. Complications of LITT

   • Michael Schulder, Nick Kleiner

   Pages 45-50

6. LITT for Metastatic In-Field Recurrence

   • Nanthiya Sujijantarat, Shabbar F. Danish, Veronica L. Chiang

   Pages 51-64

7. LITT Treatment of High-Grade Gliomas

   • Daria Krivosheya, Gene H. Barnett, Alireza M. Mohammadi

   Pages 65-73

8. LITT for Pediatric Brain Tumors

   • George W. Koutsouras, Monserrat Almaguer Ascencio, Zulma Tovar-Spinoza

   Pages 75-83

9. LITT in the Treatment of Adult Epilepsy

   • Bartosz T. Grobelny, Jon T. Willie, Robert E. Gross

   Pages 85-104

10. LITT in Adult Functional Neurosurgery: Movement Disorders

    • Meghan Harris, Jessica Anne Wilden

    Pages 105-117

11. LITT for Intractable Psychiatric Disease

    • Wael F. Asaad, Nicole C. R. McLaughlin

    Pages 119-126

12. LITT in Pediatric Epilepsy

    • Sara Hartnett, Daniel J. Curry

    Pages 127-149

13. LITT for Spine Tumors

    • Rafael A. Vega, Dhiego C. A. Bastos, Claudio E. Tatsui

    Pages 151-165

14. Building a LITT Practice

    • Stephen B. Tatter, Adrian W. Laxton, Daniel E. Couture

    Pages 167-175

15. Back Matter

    Pages 177-182

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​This book serves as a foundation for MRI guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) across neurosurgical diseases. It provides state-of-the-art information on the latest indications and results for LITT in CNS applications, as well as prerequisite historical perspective and technical fundamentals.  Written by experts in the field, the text reviews the historical development of LITT, the technical and technological components required to perform LITT, its indications and contraindications, areas that still require investigation, LITT complications, and challenges to starting up LITT within one’s practice. As early adopters of the technology, the authors provide sage advice that reflects the initial learning curves of many of the users. The book then concludes with a practical guide to starting up a LITT practice in the current medical socioeconomic environment. 


Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Neurosurgery is a guide that willallow all neurosurgeons interested in LITT to successfully adopt the technology and incorporate its use seamlessly, safely and appropriately into their individual practices.

• - Laser Fundamentals
•  Visualase
• LITT
• Metastatic In-Field Recurrence
• LITT for Gliomas
• Metastatic Tumors
• Radiaton Oncology

“The text does an excellent job of keeping the reader at the forefront of the field. The organization, discussion, and content of this text make the expert content by thought-leaders in the field easy to consume for both trainees and fully trained neurosurgeons alike. The editors and authors are to be commended for their excellent contribution to the literature.” (Kimberly Bojanowski Hoang and Nicholas Au Yong, Operative Neurosurgery, Vol. 20 (4), 2021)

• Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

  Veronica L. Chiang

• Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, New Brunswick, USA

  Shabbar F. Danish

• Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

  Robert E. Gross

Veronica L. Chiang
Department of Neurosurgery
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
USA


Shabbar F. Danish
Department of Neurosurgery
Rutgers-RWJ Medical School
New Brunswick, NJ
USA

Robert E. Gross
Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
USA

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