Stereotactic biopsy of intracranial brain lesions: High diagnostic yield without increased complications: 65 consecutive biopsies with early postoperative CT scans

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-42

  Fritsch, Michael J ^a   Leber, Mark J ^a   Gossett, Lynne ^a   Lulu, Bruce A ^a   Hamilton, Allan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain lesion; Diagnostic specificity; Stereotactic biopsy; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032462084     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029645     Document Type: Article

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