A prospective study of the safety and efficacy of frameless, pinless electromagnetic image-guided biopsy of cerebral lesions

Operative Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-33

  Harrisson, Stuart E ^a   Shooman, David ^a   Grundy, Paul L ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Electromagnetic; Frameless; Image guidance; Pinless

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868609038     PISSN: 23324252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31822d75af     Document Type: Article

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