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Case Presentation – Minimally Invasive Laser Ablation Treatment for Brain Tumor

Name: Case Presentation – Minimally Invasive Laser Ablation Treatment for Brain Tumor
Uploaded: 2016-04-28T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Neurosurgeon Chetan Bettegowda discusses the case of a middle-aged woman with a recurrent brain tumor. When the metastasis returned after two prior open brain surgeries, he turned to MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy.

Neurosurgeon Chetan Bettegowda discusses the case of a middle-aged woman with a recurrent brain tumor. When the metastasis returned after two prior open brain surgeries, he turned to MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy.

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Chetan Bettegowda, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurological Surgery

Director, Meningioma Center Professor of Neurosurgery Languages: English, Kannada Expertise: Brain Tumors, CyberKnife and stereotactic radiosurgery, Gliomas, Meningiomas, Metastatic Brain Tumors, Neurosurgery, Pituitary Tumors, Skull ...

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