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Review Article| Volume 34, ISSUE 2, P209-225, April 2023

Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Radionecrosis

  • Alexis Paul Romain Terrapon
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    Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Medical School St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, St. Gallen 9007, Switzerland
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  • Marie Krüger
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    Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Medical School St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, St. Gallen 9007, Switzerland

    Unit of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK

    Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Freiburg, Breisacher Strasse 64, Freiburg 79095, Germany
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  • Thomas Hundsberger
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    Department of Neurology and of Oncology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Medical School St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, St. Gallen 9007, Switzerland
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  • Marian Christoph Neidert
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    Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Medical School St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, St. Gallen 9007, Switzerland
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  • Oliver Bozinov
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    Corresponding author. Chefarzt, Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Rorschacher Strasse 95, St. Gallen 9007, Switzerland.
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    Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Medical School St. Gallen, Rorschacher Strasse 95, St. Gallen 9007, Switzerland
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Published:January 30, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nec.2022.11.001

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