Frameless stereotactic cerebral biopsy: Our experience in 296 cases

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-245

  Frati, Alessandro ^a   Pichierri, Angelo ^a,b   Bastianello, Stefano ^c   Raco, Antonino ^b   Santoro, Antonio ^b   Esposito, Vincenzo ^a   Giangaspero, Felice ^a   Salvati, Maurizio ^a  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Frameless stereotaxy; Navigation; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; GADOLINIUM; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CANCER GRADING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRAMELESS STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; RADIATION NECROSIS;

BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEURONAVIGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960528188     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325704     Document Type: Article

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