Validation of Intraoperative Diagnoses Using Smear Preparations from Stereotactic Brain Biopsies: Intraoperative versus Final Diagnosis—Influence of Clinical Factors

Tilgner, J.; Herr, Manfred; B. Ostertag, Christoph; Volk, Benedikt

doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000148899.39020.87

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Validation of Intraoperative Diagnoses Using Smear Preparations from Stereotactic Brain Biopsies: Intraoperative versus Final Diagnosis—Influence of Clinical Factors

Published in Neurosurgery • Jan 28, 2005

Authors:

J. Tilgner

Manfred Herr

Christoph B. Ostertag

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Despite improvements in imaging techniques, histopathological diagnosis is still an important tool in neuro-oncology. At Freiburg University Hospital in Germany, approximately 450 patients per year undergo a serial stereotactic biopsy to obtain a diagnosis. We analyzed the accuracy of int...

Subject

Medicine

Stereotactic biopsy

Histopathology

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