Image-guided frameless stereotactic biopsy without intraoperative neuropathological examination: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-178

  Shooman, David ^a   Belli, Antonio ^b   Grundy, Paul L ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory day case surgery; Brain tumor; Intraoperative neuropathological examination; Multiple specimens; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955612110     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.JNS09573     Document Type: Article

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