A Single-Center Cost Analysis of Treating Primary and Metastatic Brain Cancers with Either Brain Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) or Craniotomy

Eric C. Leuthardt1, Jeff Voigt2, Albert H. Kim1, Pete Sylvester1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
2Medical Device Consultants of Ridgewood, LLC, 99 Glenwood Rd, Ridgewood, NJ, 07450, USA

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