Lasers are being used to ablate brain tumors and epileptic foci. In this episode, Dr. Rune Rasmussen, a neurosurgeon from Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, describes how MRI-guided laser ablation therapy works. How do they ablate a particular region without destroying the rest of the brain tissue? What are the indications for therapy? Why is it an advantage? 

 

Guest:

Dr. Rune Rasmussen MD PhD

Head of stereotactic surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

 

Host:

Pardis Zarifkar, MD 

 

Image of laser ablation therapy: Medtronic