Transcerebellar stereotactic biopsy for lesions of the brainstem and peduncles under local anesthesia

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 460-466

  Sanai, Nader ^a   Wachhorst, Scott P ^a   Gupta, Nalin M ^b   McDermott, Michael W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem tumor; Pontine glioma; Stereotactic biopsy; Transcerebellar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; TRANSCEREBELLAR STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 65849255929     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000324731.68843.74     Document Type: Article

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