Fluorescein Application in Cranial and Spinal Tumors Enhancing at Preoperative MRI and Operated With a Dedicated Filter on the Surgical Microscope: Preliminary Results in 279 Patients Enrolled in the FLUOCERTUM Prospective Study

Fluorescein Application in Cranial and Spinal Tumors Enhancing at Preoperative MRI and Operated With a Dedicated Filter on the Surgical Microscope: Preliminary Results in 279 Patients Enrolled in the FLUOCERTUM Prospective Study

Objective: Sodium fluorescein, a green, water soluble dye, is used as neurosurgical fluorescent tracer thanks to its property to accumulate in cerebral regions of blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption. The authors report the preliminary results of a prospective observational study regarding the use o...

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Main Authors: Jacopo Falco, Claudio Cavallo, Ignazio G. Vetrano, Camilla de Laurentis, Lampros Siozos, Marco Schiariti, Morgan Broggi, Paolo Ferroli, Francesco Acerbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
biopsy
brain tumors
central nervous system
fluorescein
neuro-oncology
spinal tumors
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsurg.2019.00049/full

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