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CT-GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS CORDOTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH DISSEMINATED NEUROFIBROMATOSIS

BRİAN HARRİS KOPELL, TEVFİK ERHAN COŞAN, WALİD AHMED ABDEL GHANY, VEDAT AÇIK, YÜCEL KANPOLAT

Turkish Neurosurgery - 2006;16(4):202-203

Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin & Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

CT guided percutaneous cordotomy relies on understanding anatomic and physiological cues in order to be performed safely and effectively. While the CT scan provides excellent anatomic targeting information, it does not supplant the vital confirmation that stimulation provides during this procedure.