Publication details
Fluorescence in Microneurosurgery as a Perioperative Diagnostic Method
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal für Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie |
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| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | Fluorescence in microneurosurgery; perioperative diagnostic method |
| Description | The use of 5-ALA in high-grade glioma operations enables an increased radicality of resection by revealing residual visualised residual pushes the surgeon to further rexection which might be counterproductive in cloquent regions. The use of fluorescence in vascular neurosurgery seems to be very promising and reliable. |