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2024



Lu VM, Gurses ME, Shah KH, Chandar J, Khalafallah AM, Shah AH, Komotar RJ, Ivan ME.
The feasibility of robot assisted laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for brain tumors in octogenarians.
World Neurosurg. 2024 Jul 8:S1878-8750(24)01173-2. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.07.031. PMID: 38986945. Observational study˰ ˍ




Nielsen SH, Rasmussen R.
MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in the treatment of brain tumors and epilepsy.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2024 Aug 21;166(1):344. doi: 10.1007/s00701-024-06238-0. PMID: 39167226. Review˰ ˍ




Seaton MP, Schmidt JC, Brown NJ, Sahyouni R, Khalessi AA, Ben-Haim S, Gonda DD.
Contemporary Applications of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT): A Comprehensive Systematic Review.
World Neurosurg. 2024 Oct 15:S1878-8750(24)01714-5? doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.10.022? PMID: 39419170. Review˰ ˍ





2025



Sharma E, Sahin OK, Łajczak P, Rajab N, Ahmed AR, Silva YP, Bakhsh A, Chatterjee A, Raake M, Fagundes W.
Synergistic effects of laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) and immunotherapy for brain tumor recurrence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Neurochirurgie. 2025 Jan 3;71(2):101629. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2025.101629. PMID: 39756615 Review; Meta-Analysis˰ ˍ





2026



Patel T, Yousuf Ibrahim H, Khan T, Tabrez T, Hussain S, Fatima A, Junaid Siddiqui A, Anand N.
From competition to complementarity: narrative review of laser interstitial thermal therapy, focused ultrasound, and radiofrequency ablation in minimally invasive neurosurgery.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2026 Apr 7;88(6):3265-3275. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000004916. PMID: 42254235. ˍ




Leuthardt EC, Chiang V, Hadjipanayis CG, Landazuri P, Placantonakis DG, Abram SR, Sun DA, Smith KA, Mohammadi AM, Chen CC, Williams BJ, Piccioni DE, Hodges TR, Sloan AE, Lega B, Rodriguez A, Lacroix M, Panov F, Borghei-Razavi H, Baumgartner J, Abel TJ, Bandt K, Smyth MD, Rao G, Fecci PE, Laxton AW, Tatter SB, Kim AH, Prabhu SS.
Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Brain Tumors: A Prospective Multicenter Analysis of Patients From the LAANTERN Study.
J Clin Oncol. 2026 Aug 17:JCO2502604. doi: 10.1200/JCO-25-02604. PMID: 42607280. ˍ