Diagnostic accuracy and era for improvement for frameless stereotactic brain biopsy: a focus on non-diagnostic cases.
Zhexi HeXian Lun Cannon ZhuTat Ming Danny ChanChi Yan Tom CheungHo-Keung NgChung Tong Vincent MokWai Sang PoonPublished in: Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery (2022)
The stereotactic biopsy is a safe procedure with high diagnostic accuracy only if meticulous preoperative planning and careful intraoperative registration is performed. The common pitfalls precluding a conclusive diagnosis are registration errors and biopsies at non-representative sites.