A stereotactic approach to deep-seated central nervous system neoplasms using the carbon dioxide laser.
This report describes a technique in which deep-seated CNS neoplasms, the volume and shape of which had been determined and stereotactically localized by computer reconstruction of CT data, were vaporized with a carbon dioxide laser attached to a stereotactic frame. The clinical results with 6 patients treated by this technique are presented.
Kelly
P J
PJ
Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo 14209, USA.
Alker
G J
GJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002245:Carbon Dioxide