Robot-assisted stereotactic brain biopsy: systematic review and bibliometric analysis.

Hani J MarcusVejay N VakhariaSebastien OurselinJohn DuncanMartin TisdallKristian Aquilina

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2018)

In conclusion, robot-assisted stereotactic brain biopsy is an increasingly mainstream tool in the neurosurgical armamentarium. Further evaluation should proceed along the IDEAL framework with research databases and comparative trials.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
systematic review
minimally invasive
resting state
white matter
ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
brain metastases
functional connectivity
cerebral ischemia