title: [The role of stereotaxic biopsy in the therapeutic approach to malignant gliomas (author's transl)].
abstract: Analysis of 770 biopsies of intra-cerebral neoplasms under stereotaxic conditions and performed in Bordeaux, Rennes and Marseilles. The study emphasized the relative benign nature of this examination (1% deaths, 1.4 % severe sequellae) bearing in mind the severity of the underlying disease. In a very large number of cases (from 7 to 38% according to Schools) the diagnosis made before biopsy was fundamentally altered by this examination. The quasi-certitude of the nature of the lesion, and the possible facilitation of surgery by the precision of the lesional topography, and finally the possibility of a therapeutic gesture of evacuation in certain cases, is felt to justify intra-cranial biopsy performed under stereotaxic conditions.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: Place de la biopsie en condition stéréotaxique dans la tactique thérapeutique des gliomes malins.