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Robot-Assisted Brain Biopsy

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Neurosurgical Robotics

Part of the book series: Neuromethods ((NM,volume 162))

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Abstract

Stereotactic biopsy is a routine neurosurgical procedure. Although a robot was first used to perform a stereotactic biopsy in 1985, little on robot-assisted stereotactic biopsy has been published since then. However, robot-assisted stereotactic biopsy appears to be a safe and effective way of establishing a histological diagnosis that combines the advantages of frame-based and frameless techniques. The superiority of robot-assisted stereotactic biopsy over standard surgical techniques is yet to be established.

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  1. GRECO: Groupement de Recherches et d’Etudes en Chirurgie Robotisée, Neurosurgery Department, CHU Amiens Picardie, Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France

    Michel Lefranc

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    Christopher J. Payne

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Lefranc, M. (2021). Robot-Assisted Brain Biopsy. In: Marcus, H.J., Payne, C.J. (eds) Neurosurgical Robotics. Neuromethods, vol 162. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0993-4_6

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