title: NEUROGATE: a new MR-compatible device for realizing minimally invasive treatment of intracerebral tumors.
abstract: The authors report on the handling and the practicability of a newly developed MR-compatible device, the NEUROGATE (Daum GmbH, Germany), which allows precise planning, simulation and control of stereotactic biopsy in patients with suspect intracranial lesions, and which allows minimally invasive maneuvers to be performed in a comfortable way. Twenty-eight patients were examined stereotactically in the Signa SP interventional 0.5 Tesla MRI (General Electric Medical Systems, USA), including 15 patients with malignant intracerebral tumors and poor general medical conditions (8 gliomas, 7 metastases) who were treated by laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) after definite intraoperative neuropathological diagnosis. As a special stereotactic holding device, the NEUROGATE was favored as a reliable tool for stereotaxy and minimally invasive procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. vithe@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Hans Ekkehart
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Vitzthum
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: Gero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Krupp
authors.forename: Jens Peter
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schober
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meixensberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results