Abstract
Although the transoral approach to the atlantoaxial region is generally an open surgical procedure, in patients in whom only tissue diagnosis is required, a needle biopsy can be done. In this paper a patient with a metastatic lesion in the second cervical vertebral body is presented, and the technique for needle biopsy of the second cervical body using stereotactic methods is described.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 999-1002 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Neurosurgery |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1989 |
Keywords
- needle biopsy
- stereotaxis
- transoral surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology