title: Awake stereotactic brainstem biopsy via a contralateral, transfrontal, transventricular approach.
abstract: The authors describe a novel approach to stereotactic biopsy of lesions of the lateral pons and medial cerebellar peduncle, and its diagnostic success without morbidity. A contralateral approach laterally expands the accessible infratentorial area. It may also confer a theoretical reduction in neurological deficit with passage through non-dominant right hemisphere.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. eacp@eacp.co.uk
authors.forename: E A C
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jegan
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: T Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Aziz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome