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Visualase™ MRI-Guided Laser Ablation System

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The Visualase™ system

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Surgical synergy
 

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The Visualase™ system puts faster recovery within reach

The Visualase™ system is a minimally-invasive surgical option that is able to cure epilepsy and brain tumour patients.1 With higher patient satisfaction and faster recovery times2-4, your patients can get back to getting better.

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Tumour removal

With unmatched surgical precision,5-7 the Visualase™ system is ideal for operating on deep-seated and hard-to-reach brain lesions. Change what is possible for your brain tumour patients.

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Epilepsy

The Visualase™ system can deliver new outcomes8-12 for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, by permanently ablating epileptic foci in a minimally-invasive procedure.

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Surgical synergy™ for the Visualase™ system-integrated solutions from planning to surgery

Discover how Medtronic can help streamline procedural planning, catheter placement, laser trajectory, and thermal ablation using an integrated suite of tools and technologies.

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Medical education for the Visualase™ system

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Video showing full Visualase™ procedural workflow using Stealth Autoguide™ robotic system as the stereotactic method for catheter placement
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The Visualase™ system

Checklist: Visualase Implementation Program 

Agenda: Visualase Implementation Program 

Technical Checklist: Visualase Implementation Program 

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  1. Visualase™ MRI-Guided Laser Ablation System Manual (9735542, V3). Published September 2019.
  2. Kang et al, 2016, Epilepsia, 57(2):325-334. doi:10.1111/epi.13284
  3. Waseem et al, 2015, Epilepsy & Behavior, 51:152-157. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.022
  4. Leuthardt et al, 2017, PharmacoEconomics Open. 1(1):53-63. doi:10.1007/s41669-016-0003-2
  5. Yuen J, Zhu CXL, Chan DTM, et al. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2014;92(3):160-169. doi:10.1159/000360862.
  6. Hawasli AH, Ray WZ, Murphy RKJ, Dacey RG, Leuthardt EC. Operative Neurosurgery. 2012;70:onsE332-onsE338. doi:10.1227/NEU.0b013e318232fc90.
  7. Mohammadi AM, Schroeder JL. Expert Review of Medical Devices. 2014;11(2):109-119. doi:10.1586/17434440.2014.882225.
  8. Drane DL. Epilepsy Research. 2018;142:170-175. doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.09.016.
  9. Drane DL, Loring DW, Voets NL, et al.  Epilepsia. 2015;56(1):101-113. doi:10.1111/epi.12860.
  10. Youngerman BE, Save AV, McKhann GM.  Neurosurg. 2020;86(4):E366-E382. doi:10.1093/neuros/nyz556.
  11. Donos C, Breier J, Friedman E, et al.  Epilepsia. 2018;59(7):1421-1432. doi:10.1111/epi.14443. 
  12. Gross RE, Stern MA, Willie JT, et al.  Ann Neurol. 2018;83(3):575-587. doi:10.1002/ana.25180.