title: [Stereotaxic brain puncture. Indications and results].
abstract: 228 stereotactic biopsies for the diagnosis of brain lesions were evaluated. In 98.2% a diagnosis could be established. The diagnosis was made of brain tumor in 79.3%, of brain abscess in 7.5% and of encephalitis in 3.5% of cases. In 2.2% of the patients a pathological finding was obtained without a clear histological definition. No histological diagnosis could be made in 1.8% of the patients. A severe complication of brain biopsy occurred in 2.2% of the patients (1 death, 1 abscess, 3 increased impairments). The stereotactic procedure appears to have a low mortality and morbidity, and to be highly accurate.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ebeling
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Degelo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Markwalder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohner
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Steiger
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Seiler
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Stereotaktische Hirnpunktionen. Indikation und Ergebnisse.