An ultrasound-guided stereotactic apparatus for intracranial mass lesions.
One of disadvantages of conventional stereotactic operation for intracranial mass lesions is that it is basically a blind procedure even if the operation is performed in a gantry of a CT scan. High resolution ultrasound image gives real-time information on intracranial pathology such as bleeding, remaining cyst fluid or haematoma. The authors report an ultrasound guided stereotactic apparatus which gives real-time images of the lesion during operation.
Kawabatake
H
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Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
Amano
K
K
Kawamura
H
H
Tanikawa
T
T
Iseki
H
H
Iwata
Y
Y
Taira
T
T
Shimizu
T
T
Umezawa
Y
Y
Arai
K
K
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