Stereotactic biopsy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams34172
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Division of Neurosurgery.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2017.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0059
- Available Online
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Sterotactic surgery is used to diagnose or treat several types of brain-related conditions, such as movement disorders, pain syndromes, and brain tumours/tumors. A biopsy is when a small sample of tissue is taken. A pathologist (a doctor who diagnoses changes in body tissues or fluids) will look at the tissue sample and make a diagnosis. What to expect before, during, and after surgery are stated.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Division of Neurosurgery
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Stereotaxic Techniques
- Neurosurgery - methods
- Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Stereotaxic techniques
- Brain--Surgery
- Brain--Tumors--Diagnosis
- Abstract
- Sterotactic surgery is used to diagnose or treat several types of brain-related conditions, such as movement disorders, pain syndromes, and brain tumours/tumors. A biopsy is when a small sample of tissue is taken. A pathologist (a doctor who diagnoses changes in body tissues or fluids) will look at the tissue sample and make a diagnosis. What to expect before, during, and after surgery are stated.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Division of Neurosurgery
- Pamphlet Number
- 0059
