Diagnostic yield of stereotactic brain biopsy

AM Alkhani, JM Ghosheh, F Al-Otaibi… - Neurosciences …, 2008 - nsj.org.sa
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic yield, accuracy, and safety of frame-based
stereotactic brain biopsy procedures. METHODS: A retrospective study of all pathologically …

Stereotactic biopsy for brain tumors: is it always necessary?

J Vaquero, R Martı́nez, M Manrique - Surgical neurology, 2000 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Stereotactic biopsy is currently being used in oncological neurosurgery
despite its limitations. The purpose of this study is to compare its diagnostic reliability with …

The safety and efficacy of stereotactic biopsy for intracranial lesions

WA Hall - Cancer: Interdisciplinary International Journal of the …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Stereotactic brain biopsy is considered by many physicians to have
significant morbidity and mortality rates with a high risk of sampling error resulting in …

Stereotactic brain biopsy: Single center retrospective analysis of complications

CC Chen, PW Hsu, TWE Wu, ST Lee, CN Chang… - Clinical neurology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Stereotactic biopsy is a widely used surgical technique for the histological
diagnosis of intracranial lesions. Potential risks of this procedure, such as hemorrhage …

[HTML][HTML] The safety and efficacy of frame-based stereotactic biopsy of brain lesion

WH Mohammed, AR Obaid, AK Al-Shalaji… - MAMC Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background Radiological imaging techniques provide early detection of neurological
diseases, but they do not always provide an adequate diagnosis. With the help of …

Stereotactic biopsy for intracranial lesions: reliability and its impact on the planning of treatment

JE Kim, DG Kim, SH Paek, HW Jung - Acta neurochirurgica, 2003 - Springer
Background. The authors present a retrospective analysis of 308 computed tomography
(CT)-guided stereotactic biopsies in 300 patients in order to evaluate the reliability and …

[HTML][HTML] Frame-based stereotactic biopsy: description and association of anatomical, radiologic, and surgical variables with diagnostic yield in a series of 407 cases

M Lara-Almunia… - Journal of Neurological …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Background and Study Aims Stereotactic biopsy is a versatile, minimally invasive technique
to obtain tissue safely from intracranial lesions for their histologic diagnosis and therapeutic …

Factors affecting diagnostic yield in stereotactic biopsy for brain lesions: a 5-year single-center series

BL Lau, K Vijian, DNS Liew, ASH Wong - Neurosurgical review, 2022 - Springer
The objective of this study is to determine the factors that are associated with the diagnostic
yield of stereotactic brain biopsy. A retrospective analysis was performed on 50 consecutive …

[PDF][PDF] Computerized stereotactic brain biopsies: an experience of 15 patients at Ayub Teaching Hospital

SN Bhatti, S Ayub, A Aurangzeb… - Journal of Ayub …, 2005 - demo.ayubmed.edu.pk
Background: Deep seated lesions of the brain cannot be approached by conventional
neurosurgical approach stereotactic system offers minimally invasive and accurate …

[PDF][PDF] Stereotactic frame-based guided brain biopsies: experience in a center in Latin America

EG Ordóñez-Rubiano, S Rodríguez-Vargas… - 2018 - repositorio.fucsalud.edu.co
Introduction: Stereotactic guided biopsies are chosen for deep-located lesions, as well as for
those in eloquent areas, when the risk outweighs the benefit of an open procedure, or when …