Seizure : the journal of the British Epilepsy Association
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Laser interstitial thermotherapy (LiTT) is a novel stereotactic approach to the surgical treatment of severe drug-resistant focal epilepsies. This review extends our recent general review on this topic (Hoppe et al. Laser interstitial thermotherapy [LiTT] in epilepsy surgery. ⋯ HH). However, in cases that are equally accessible for both approaches therapeutic superiority of LiTT over open resective surgery still remains to be demonstrated. Recommendations for controlled though non-randomized outcome studies are provided.