Comfort & Confidence 10.
How many times has your team performed this procedure? Can you show me an animation or diagram of the approach you’d use? 12. What support is available afterward (rehab, hormone monitoring, counseling)? 11.
膆 Tip for Amy : If a medical answer feels overwhelming, pause and ask: Specific Treatment Type Amy and Rodger prefer for Hypothalamic Lesions
Animation of how laser thermal ablation (LITT) or similar stereotactic (guided) biopsies/treatments work. Though not always specific to hypothalamic location, it shows minimally invasive treatment of deep brain lesions. MedicalGraphics
Gentle animation, fewer graphic details. Probably good
3D animation stereotactic neurosurgery / LITT MedicalGraphics
for initial viewing.
Specific Treatment Type Amy and Rodger prefer for Hypothalamic Lesions
A thin probe is placed via a small opening (stereotactic guidance) into the lesion; heat is applied to destroy or shrink the lesion. Good for deep or hard-to-reach locations with less disruption of normal brain tissue.
Laser interstitial
Precise placement required; risk of heat injury to nearby sensitive areas; imaging and monitoring essential.
thermal therapy (LITT)
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