TY - JOUR T1 - Stereotaxic laser ablation of intracranial lesions. JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 727 LP - 730 VL - 4 IS - 3 AU - G Alker AU - P J Kelly AU - B Kall AU - S Goerss Y1 - 1983/05/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/3/727.abstract N2 - A technique is described which combines computed tomography-based stereotaxic localization and CO2 laser ablation of certain intracranial lesions with a high degree of accuracy. In 24 patients operated on with this technique, total ablation of the lesion was achieved in 19 and incomplete ablation in the other five. Though not perfect, this method is a new approach to intracranial lesions that promises to be more efficacious as future developments occur. ER -