Christina A Hamisch1, Jana Minartz2, Tobias Blau3, Vanessa Hafkemeyer2, Daniel Rueß2, Alexandra Hellerbach2, Stefan J Grau4,5, Maximilian I Ruge2,5. 1. Department of General Neurosurgery, Center for Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany. christina.hamisch@uk-koeln.de. 2. Department of Stereotaxy and Functional Neurosurgery, Center for Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937, Köln, Germany. 3. Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Essen, 45122, Essen, Germany. 4. Department of General Neurosurgery, Center for Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937, Cologne, Germany. 5. Center of Integrated Oncology (CIO), Universities of Cologne and Bonn, 53113, Bonn, Germany.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the feasibility, safety, and diagnostic yield of frame-based stereotactic biopsies (SB) in lesions located in deep-seated and midline structures of the brain to analyze these parameters in comparison to other brain areas. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a retrospective, tertiary care single-center analysis, we identified all patients who received SB for lesions localized in deep-seated and midline structures (corpus callosum, basal ganglia, pineal region, sella, thalamus, and brainstem) between January 1996 and June 2015. Study participants were between 1 and 82 years. We evaluated the feasibility, procedural complications (mortality, transient and permanent morbidity), and diagnostic yield. We further performed a risk analysis of factors influencing the latter parameters. Chi-square test, Student t test, and Mann-Whitney rank-sum test were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Four hundred eighty-nine patients receiving 511 SB procedures (median age 48.5 years, range 1-82; median Karnofsky Performance Score 80%, range 50-100%, 43.8% female/56.2% male) were identified. Lesions were localized in the corpus callosum (29.5%), basal ganglia (17.0%), pineal region (11.5%), sella (7.8%), thalamus (4.3%), brainstem (28.8%), and others (1.1%). Procedure-related mortality was 0%, and permanent morbidity was 0.4%. Transient morbidity was 9.6%. Histological diagnosis was possible in 99.2% (low-grade gliomas 16.2%, high-grade gliomas 40.3%, other tumors in 27.8%, no neoplastic lesions 14.5%, no definitive histological diagnosis 0.8%). Only the pons location correlated significantly with transient morbidity (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: In experienced centers, frame-based stereotactic biopsy is a safe diagnostic tool with a high diagnostic yield also for deep-seated and midline lesions.
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the feasibility, safety, and diagnostic yield of frame-based stereotactic biopsies (SB) in lesions located in deep-seated and midline structures of the brain to analyze these parameters in comparison to other brain areas. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a retrospective, tertiary care single-center analysis, we identified all patients who received SB for lesions localized in deep-seated and midline structures (corpus callosum, basal ganglia, pineal region, sella, thalamus, and brainstem) between January 1996 and June 2015. Study participants were between 1 and 82 years. We evaluated the feasibility, procedural complications (mortality, transient and permanent morbidity), and diagnostic yield. We further performed a risk analysis of factors influencing the latter parameters. Chi-square test, Student t test, and Mann-Whitney rank-sum test were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Four hundred eighty-nine patients receiving 511 SB procedures (median age 48.5 years, range 1-82; median Karnofsky Performance Score 80%, range 50-100%, 43.8% female/56.2% male) were identified. Lesions were localized in the corpus callosum (29.5%), basal ganglia (17.0%), pineal region (11.5%), sella (7.8%), thalamus (4.3%), brainstem (28.8%), and others (1.1%). Procedure-related mortality was 0%, and permanent morbidity was 0.4%. Transient morbidity was 9.6%. Histological diagnosis was possible in 99.2% (low-grade gliomas 16.2%, high-grade gliomas 40.3%, other tumors in 27.8%, no neoplastic lesions 14.5%, no definitive histological diagnosis 0.8%). Only the pons location correlated significantly with transient morbidity (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: In experienced centers, frame-based stereotactic biopsy is a safe diagnostic tool with a high diagnostic yield also for deep-seated and midline lesions.
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