title: Free-hand CT-guided needle for biopsy and drainage of intracerebral lesions. Ten years experience.
abstract: A series of 227 needle procedures monitored by serial CT scans was performed by free-hand technique on 147 patients at two suburban hospitals over a 10 year period. Under local anesthesia, 75 suspected brain tumors were biopsied; 52 intracerebral hematomas were evacuated, and 28 cerebral abscesses were drained. There was one complication of postoperative hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, New York.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Savitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed