Long-term utility and complication profile of open craniotomy for biopsy in patients with idiopathic encephalitis

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• 作者：Kalil G. Abdullah^a ; ^{Kalil.Abdullah@uphs.upenn.edu} ; Yin Li^a ; Prateek Agarwal^a ; Nikhil R. Nayak^a ; Jayesh P. Thawani^a ; Ramani Balu^c ; ^d ; Timothy H. Lucas^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Encephalitis ; Biopsy ; Diagnostic utility ; Craniotomy
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：37
• 期：Complete
• 页码：69-72
• 全文大小：459 K
• 卷排序：37

文摘

Diagnostic utility and complications of biopsy of idiopathic encephalitis unclear. Diagnostic utility of biopsy for encephalitis found to be less than 50%. Major complication rate of biopsy for encephalitis of 23%. Risks and benefits of open biopsy for encephalitis must be weighed carefully.