MRI-guided frame-based stereotactic brainstem biopsy procedure: A single-center experience.

CONCLUSIONS: MRI-guided frame-based stereotactic biopsy can be considered as a safe and efficient diagnostic method for brainstem lesions when its diagnostic yield and its morbidity and/or mortality rates are evaluated. Choosing the best trajectory for each lesion, using MRI as guidance for targeting, taking a limited number of biopsy samples are valuable criteria for the decreased morbidity rates in stereotactic brainstem biopsy procedures. PMID: 31000332 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neurocirugia - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Neurocirugia (Astur) Source Type: research