The advantages of frameless stereotactic biopsy over frame-based biopsy

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 110-118

  Dorward, N L ^a   Paleologos, T S ^b   Alberti, O ^b   Thomas, D G T ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison study; Computer assisted surgery; Frameless stereotaxy; Neuronavigation; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036107546     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690220131705     Document Type: Article

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