Frameless stereotaxy without rigid pin fixation during awake craniotomies

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 256-261

  Leuthardt, Eric C ^a   Fox, Douglas ^a   Ojemann, George A ^c   Dacey, Ralph G ^a   Grubb, Robert L ^a   Rich, Keith M ^a,b   Ojemann, Jeffrey G ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Awake craniotomy; Frameless stereotaxy; Spinal reference arc

Indexed keywords

CLAMP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGISTER; SKULL; STANDARD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AWARENESS; BONE NAILS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEURONAVIGATION; SKULL; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0042674056     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070839     Document Type: Conference Paper

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