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ArticleJournal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia2016

Intraoperative real-time MRI-guided stereotactic biopsy followed by laser thermal ablation for progressive brain metastases after radiosurgery.

Roy G Torcuator, M Maher Hulou, Vamsidhar Chavakula, Ferenc A Jolesz, Alexandra J Golby

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Article in Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparative outcomes of awake spine surgery under spinal versus general anesthesia: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Hyperthermia treatment advances for brain tumors.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roy G TorcuatorDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
M Maher HulouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: awael58@gmail.com.
Vamsidhar ChavakulaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ferenc A JoleszDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Alexandra J GolbyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Image Guided Therapy Center - Ultrasound-based sensor system for the monitoring of COVID-19 patientsP41EB015898 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI TEMPANY, CLARE M · 2012 to 2021
$18.9M
Multidisciplinary Training in Image-Guided TherapyR25CA089017 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FENNESSY, FIONA · 2001 to 2017
$7.8M
NCI NIH HHS R25 CA089017NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stereotactic radiosurgery is one of the treatment options for brain metastases. However, there are patients who will progress after radiosurgery. One of the potential treatments for this subset of patients is laser ablation. Image-guided stereotactic biopsy is important to determine the histopathological nature of the lesion. However, this is usually based on preoperative, static images, which may affect the target accuracy during the actual procedure as a result of brain shift. We therefore performed real-time intraoperative MRI-guided stereotactic aspiration and biopsies on two patients with symptomatic, progressive lesions after radiosurgery followed immediately by laser ablation. The patients tolerated the procedure well with no new neurologic deficits. Intraoperative MRI-guided stereotactic biopsy followed by laser ablation is safe and accurate, providing real-time updates and feedback during the procedure.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsHumansImage-Guided BiopsyImaging, Three-DimensionalLaser TherapyMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeuroimagingRadiosurgeryLaser ablationMetastasisRadiation necrosisRadiosurgeryReal time iMRI biopsy

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PMID26596402
PMCPMC4718917
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