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Complications of stereotactic brain surgery
D Kondziolka1, A D Firlik, L D Lunsford
1Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Neurologic Clinics
|March 28, 1998
Abstract:
The authors review iatrogenic complications of stereotactic surgery, including tumor biopsy, cyst or abscess aspiration, movement disorder surgery, and radiosurgery. The expected morbidities and steps taken to reduce complications are also discussed.