Stereotactic suboccipital transcerebellar biopsy under local anesthesia using the Cosman-Roberts-Wells frame. Technical note

• Published in: Journal of neurosurgery Vol. 75; no. 3; p. 486
• Main Authors: Spiegelmann, R, Friedman, W A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.1991
• Subjects: Anesthesia, Local; Biopsy - methods; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - pathology; Cerebellum; Cranial Fossa, Posterior; Equipment Design; Humans; Stereotaxic Techniques - instrumentation; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Previously reported suboccipital transcerebellar stereotactic biopsy methods, performed with the patient in the prone position, have required general endotracheal anesthesia. A technique is described for performing such biopsies with the patient in the lateral decubitus position, under local anesthe...