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Longitudinal Intravital Imaging of Brain Tumor Cell Behavior in Response to an Invasive Surgical Biopsy
Published on: May 3, 2019
Neuroport® makes brain biopsy less invasive and easy even in eloquent areas
Kenji Miki1, Yoshihiro Natori1, Yasutoshi Kai1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Aso Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan.
Abstract:
Tissue diagnosis of brain tumours in eloquent is often done via needle biopsy but this method yields small samples that may not be representative of the whole tumour. The Neuroport® system enables a larger tumour biopsy to be taken via a burr hole. We report our experience on 5 cases October 2017 and June 2018. Brainlab® navigation was used. The diagnosis in all patients was made without worsening of their modified Rankin scale scores.
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