[Glioblastoma, innovations in surgery]
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1Service de neurochirurgie oncologique et vasculaire, hôpital neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, CHU de Lyon, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron, France.
Revue De L'Infirmiere
|February 6, 2017
Abstract:
One of the innovative principles in glioblastoma surgery consists in making the tumour fluorescent in order for it to be more easily visualised during the procedure. 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) undergoes an enzyme transformation, turning into another molecule, protoporphyrine IX (PPIX) whose property is fluorescence. It emits red light when it is stimulated by blue light.
