Frameless image-guided stereotactic brain biopsy procedure: Diagnostic yield, surgical morbidity, and comparison with the frame-based technique

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-237

  Woodworth, Graeme F ^a,b   McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Samdani, Amer ^a   Garonzik, Ira ^a   Olivi, Alessandro ^a   Weingart, Jon D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Frameless stereotaxy; Image guided surgery; Neuronavigation; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEURONAVIGATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33644516000     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.2.233     Document Type: Review

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