Diagnostic yield of fluorescence-assisted frame-based stereotactic biopsies of intracerebral lesions in comparison with frozen-section analysis

ConclusionThe 5-ALA-fluorescence in stereotactic biopsies of unclear intracerebral pathologies exhibits a high PPV/NPV for intraoperative confirmation of diagnostic tissue and might increase the diagnostic yield of the procedure by overcoming some of the limitations of frozen-section.
Source: Journal of Neuro-Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research