title: [A new instrument for computerized tomography-guided brain biopsy].
abstract: The authors present a new stereotaxic brain biopsy method. After establishment of the CT-and angiographic diagnosis follows the marking of the best suited needle track by means of the CT-scanner Somatom DRG. The trephination is then performed at the operation-theatre during local anesthetization. Repeatedly laying on the CT-table, a low contrasted stereotaxic device is fixed on the patients head. Direction and depth of the puncture are measured and predetermined with an accuracy of +/- 5 mm with a few CT-scans. After guided insertion of a thin-wall nonpaque Teflon-sleeve it is possible to obtain artefactless tomograms or localization control and multiple biopsy probes for histologic evaluation without repeated punctures. Therapeutical interventions may be performed in the same way.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Neurochirurgie, Militärmedizinischen Akademie Bad Saarow.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steffen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zur
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lüttschwager
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Ein neues Gerät zur computertomographisch gezielten Hirnbiopsie.