PURPOSE: To present the technical data, methods and results of percutaneous laser ablation of @entity5 . @entity1 AND METHODS: In the period from June 1993 to April 2000 a collective of 600 @entity1 with @entity96 and liver metastases from different @entity5 were treated via MR-guided LITT. After sonographically or CT-guided puncture MR-compatible laser catheters were positioned. The @entity5 destruction was visualized via MR-thermometry. The checkup and the therapy accomplishment ensued in the course of an ambulant therapy concept. RESULTS: In the course of a local accomplished LITT of liver metastases and @entity96 a @entity5 control rate of 97.8 % was achieved. The complication rate was extremely low with a value of 2.2 % (1 441 treatments). The lethality rate was 0.1 %. The mean survival time referring to the whole @entity1 collective was 47.7 months, in the case of liver metastases from a @entity14 a value of 46.8 months was achieved. CONCLUSION: MR-guided LITT is a local effective therapy with low morbidity in @entity96 with a maximum quantity of 5 and a size of </= 5 cm.

[Percutaneous laser ablation of XXXX ].

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'primary tumors', 'malignant tumors', 'local tumor'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['colorectal cancer'] @entity96 :: ('MESH:D008113', 'Disease') :: ['malignant liver tumors']
@entity96 :: (MESH:D008113,Disease) :: ['malignant liver tumors']
