Frameless robot-assisted stereotactic biopsies for lesions of the brainstem-a series of 103 consecutive biopsies.

Journal: Journal of neuro-oncology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Targeted treatment for brainstem lesions requires above all a precise histopathological and molecular diagnosis. In the current technological era, robot-assisted stereotactic biopsies represent an accurate and safe procedure for tissue diagnosis. We present our center's experience in frameless robot-assisted biopsies for brainstem lesions.

Authors

  • Iulia Peciu-Florianu
    Neurosurgery Department, CHU-Lille, Roger Salengro Hospital, 1, rue Emile Laine, 59000, Lille, France. iuliapeciu_florianu@yahoo.com.
  • Victor Legrand
    Neurosurgery Department, CHU-Lille, Roger Salengro Hospital, 1, rue Emile Laine, 59000, Lille, France.
  • Apolline Monfilliette-Djelad
    Neurology Department, Neuro-Oncology Unit, CHU-Lille, 59000, Lille, France.
  • Claude-Alain Maurage
    Neuropathology Department, CHU-Lille, 59000, Lille, France.
  • Quentin Vannod-Michel
    Department of Neuroradiology, CHU Lille, Salengro Hospital, Lille 59000, France.
  • Serge Blond
    Neurosurgery Department, CHU-Lille, Roger Salengro Hospital, 1, rue Emile Laine, 59000, Lille, France.
  • Gustavo Touzet
    Neurosurgery Department, CHU-Lille, Roger Salengro Hospital, 1, rue Emile Laine, 59000, Lille, France.
  • Nicolas Reyns
    Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1189, ONCO-THAI - Image Assisted Laser Therapy for Oncology, 59000, Lille, France.