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MR-guided laser induced thermotherapy (LITT) of liver metastases

Purpose To demonstrate clinical findings and imaging criteria of side-effects and complications immediatly and delayed after the MR-guided LITT for the treatment of liver metastases. Material and methods In a time frame of 6 years 411 patients were prospectively treated with MR-guided LITT for liver metastases. Between June 1993 and March 1999 a total of 2440 laser applications were performed t...

Experimental assessment of temperature distribution on pancreas during laser interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) through CT scan evaluation

Responses to climatic factors by foragers of Plebeia pugnax Moure (in litt.) (Apidae, Meliponinae).

Flight activity of Plebeia pugnax Moure (in litt.) was studied in six colonies coming from Cunha, SP, from July to October 1994. Twice a week, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., for 5 minutes every half-hour, all the bees entering and leaving the hives were counted. Six hundred counts were made and the materials that foragers carried were recorded. Data were analysed in relation to temperature, relat...

MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) of liver tumours: experimental and clinical data.

MR-guided laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) is a percutaneous, minimally invasive treatment modality for treating liver lesions/metastases, soft tissue tumours and musculoskeletal lesions. In this group, MR-guided LITT is currently performed under local anaesthesia on an out-patient basis with a specially designed saline-cooled laser application system. Nd:YAG laser (1064 nm wave ...

Neoadjuvant downsizing of liver metastases by transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) before laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT)

Purpose: To evaluate a treatment protocol with repeated transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) before laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) in patients with unresectable liver metastases too large for LITT alone. Materials and Methods: A total of 162 patients with unresectable liver metastases (the largest lesion smaller than 80 mm in diameter, no more than 4 lesions) were treated with repeated TA...