Risk of Tract Seeding Following Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Brain Tumors.
Aden P Haskell-MendozaEthan S SrinivasanEmily C LernerRyan M EdwardsAllison M SchwalbJoshua D JacksonAndrew A HardiganEugene J VaiosPeter E FecciPublished in: Neurosurgery (2023)
Although the risk of tract seeding after LITT is reassuringly low, it is associated with decreased progression-free survival. This risk may be related to surgical technique or experience. Follow-up radiosurgery to the LITT tract has the potential to prevent this complication.