Stereotactic CT scanning for the biopsy of intracranial lesions and functional neurosurgery.
This report describes a system for incorporation of stereotactic CT scanning data, stereotactic arteriographic data and a computer-generated stereotactic atlas into a three-dimensional matrix utilizing an operating room computer. 86 patients have undergone computer-assisted stereotactic biopsies of intracranial lesions without mortality or neurologic morbidity. Neuroablative and neuroaugmentative procedures have been performed on 5 patients using the CT stereotactic atlas with good correlation with target points determined by ventriculography and microelectrode recording.
D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*