Are stereotactic sample biopsies still of value in the modern management of pineal region tumours? Lessons from a single-department, retrospective series

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1111-1121

  Lefranc, Michel ^a,b   Touzet, Gustavo ^a   Caron, Sabine ^a   Maurage, Claude Alain ^a   Assaker, Richard ^a   Blond, Serge ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Patient management; Pineal tumour; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEALOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955941303     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0936-7     Document Type: Article

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