Open AccessStereotactic biopsy for brainstem lesion: Comparison of approaches and reports of 10 cases
Author(s) -
Se-Yi Chen,
ChienHua Chen,
Ming-Hsi Sun,
HsuTung Lee,
ChiungChyi Shen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.01.024
Subject(s) - stereotaxy , medicine , biopsy , stereotactic biopsy , lesion , radiology , brainstem , surgery , computer science , haptic technology , operating system
Stereotactic biopsy for brainstem lesion offers high diagnostic yield with low morbidity. We compared two modalities of biopsy procedure, frame-based and frameless stereotaxy, either transfrontal or transcerebellar route. The benefits and operation considerations are discussed.
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