Stereotactic biopsy in the era of advanced neuroimaging. Does the minimal therapeutic gain justify its current wide use?

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-93

  Stranjalis, G ^a,c   Protopapa, D ^b   Sakas, D E ^a   Chondros, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; CT guided biopsy; Stereotaxis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037640996     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39346     Document Type: Article

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