ReviewFrontiers in oncology2019
Current Trends for Improving Safety of Stereotactic Brain Biopsies: Advanced Optical Methods for Vessel Avoidance and Tumor Detection.
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Improving Safety and Accuracy of Stereotactic Brain Biopsies in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL): Integration of Advanced MRI Patterns and Fluorescein Sodium Fluorescence
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Robot-assisted stereotactic brain biopsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes as a function of the number of samples taken during stereotactic needle biopsies: a meta-analysis.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of the Diagnostic Efficacy of Frameless Stereotactic Biopsy (Varioguide) with Other Methods Reported in the Literature: A Single-Center Experience.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2026Article
- Early Clinical Experience with the Stealth Autoguide Cranial Robotic Guidance Platform for Stereotactic Brain Biopsy.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2026Article
- Microglial Autofluorescence in the Brain and Retina is Dynamically Modulated by Systemic Inflammation.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Clinical utility of repeat brain biopsy in recurrent or refractory primary CNS lymphoma - a diagnostic dilemma.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Towards Optical Biopsy in Glioma Surgery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Analysis of factors influencing diagnostic yield and target point error in robot-assisted stereotactic brain biopsy: a single-center experience.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Probe-Based Fluorescence Spectroscopy for In Situ Brain Tumor Measurements During Resection and Needle Biopsies.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Evaluation of feasibility accuracy and safety after 79 O-ARM based stereotactic brain biopsies.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Intraoperative ex-vivo epifluorescent diagnostics of stereotactic brain biopsies using EndoScell scanner: diagnostic accuracy study.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Intraoperative glioblastoma surgery-current challenges and clinical trials: An update.Cancer pathogenesis and therapy · 2024Review
- Review
- Computed tomography-guided frame-based stereotactic brain biopsy of non-enhancing lesions using indirect evidence of target selection, technical consideration, and early clinical experience.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Core Needle Biopsy Guidance Based on Tissue Morphology Assessment with AI-OCT Imaging.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Two-photon microendoscope for label-free imaging in stereotactic neurosurgery.Biomedical optics express · 2023Article
- Intraoperative Fluorescein Sodium in Pediatric Neurosurgery: A Preliminary Case Series from a Singapore Children's Hospital.NeuroSci · 2023Article
- Surgical Neuro-Oncology: Management of Glioma.Neurologic clinics · 2022Review
- Sonobiopsy for minimally invasive, spatiotemporally-controlled, and sensitive detection of glioblastoma-derived circulating tumor DNA.Theranostics · 2022Article
- Optical Brain Biopsy with a Fluorescence and Vessel Tracing Probe.Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Stereotactic brain needle biopsies are indicated for deep-seated or multiple brain lesions and for patients with poor prognosis in whom the risks of resection outweigh the potential outcome benefits. The main goal of such procedures is not to improve the resection extent but to safely acquire viable tissue representative of the lesion for further comprehensive histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular analyses. Herein, we review advanced optical techniques for improvement of safety and efficacy of stereotactic needle biopsy procedures. These technologies are aimed at three main areas of improvement: (1) avoidance of vessel injury, (2) guidance for biopsy acquisition of the viable diagnostic tissue, and (3) methods for rapid intraoperative assessment of stereotactic biopsy specimens. The recent technological developments in stereotactic biopsy probe design include the incorporation of fluorescence imaging, spectroscopy, and label-free imaging techniques. The future advancements of stereotactic biopsy procedures in neuro-oncology include the incorporation of optical probes for real-time vessel detection along and around the biopsy needle trajectory and
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