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Stereotactic surgery in the management of deep intracranial lesions in infants and adolescents

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Over a period of 5 years, 34 pediatric patients underwent stereotactic surgery for deep-seated brain lesions: 32 patients proved to have a brain tumor, and in 2 cases the lesion was not tumoral; 15 patients with low-grade astrocytomas were treated with 125I interstitial radiotherapy. The importance of stereotactic surgery is emphasized because of its relative safeness, diagnostic reliability, and the possibility of eventual brachytherapy.

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  1. Divisione di Neurochirurgia, Ospedale Bellaria, Via Altura, 3, I-40139, Bologna, Italy

    U. Godano, F. Frank, A. P. Fabrizi & R. Frank Ricci

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Godano, U., Frank, F., Fabrizi, A.P. et al. Stereotactic surgery in the management of deep intracranial lesions in infants and adolescents. Child's Nerv Syst 3, 85–88 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271129

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