MR-guided laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) is a percutaneous, minimally invasive treatment modality for treating liver lesions/metastases, soft tissue tumours and musculoskeletal lesions. In this group, MR-guided LITT is currently performed under local anaesthesia on an out-patient basis with a specially designed saline-cooled laser application system. Nd:YAG laser (1064 nm wave ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the greatest cause of legal blindness in the western world. Established treatments include argon laser photocoagulation of extrafoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) and photodynamic therapy of selected sub-foveal CNV. Newer approaches are targeting the angiogenic pathway in CNV development. Currently, other treatment modalities, such as radiotherap...

Laser ablation is gaining acceptance as a cancer treatment technique because of its localized energy delivery to the tumorous tissue. The combination laser with nanoparticles allows for more precise targeting ablative area less damage adjacent healthy Nevertheless, heat tissue still potential concern. Therefore, mathematical modeling laser-tissue interactions necessary part clinical planning. I...

Background: In 2005, we designed and evaluated the effectiveness of the transvaginal ultrasound-guided ovarian interstitial laser treatment in twenty-three anovulatory women with clomifene citrate (CC)-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as a new method of ovulation induction in infertile PCOS women, with a more than 80% ovulation rate and 36% pregnancy rate during six postoperative mont...

PURPOSE We evaluated the impact of lower energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy on quality of life and quality of sexual function in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 patients with BPH were randomized to receive either lower energy transurethral microwave thermotherapy treatment (Prostasoft 2.0) or placebo treatment and followed for 26...