Biopsy of the superficial cortex: Predictors of effectiveness and outcomes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-231

  Hawasli, Ammar H ^a   Buckley, Robert T ^a   Gao, Feng ^a   Limbrick, David D ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a   Leonard, Jeffrey R ^a   Santiago, Paul ^a   Stewart, Todd J ^a   Park, Tae S ^a   Grubb, Robert L ^a   Dowling, Joshua L ^a   Leuthardt, Eric C ^a   Rich, Keith M ^a   Zipfel, Gregory J ^a   Dacey, Ralph G ^a   Chicoine, Michael R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Dementia; Efficacy; Hemorrhage; Open brain biopsy; Outcomes; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SPECTROSCOPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880919786     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000430310.63702.3e     Document Type: Article

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