Risk factors for adverse events occurring after recovery from stereotactic brain biopsy in dogs with primary intracranial neoplasia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stereotactic brain biopsy (SBB) allows for histopathologic diagnosis of brain tumors. Adverse events (AE) occur in 5 to 29% of dogs after SBB, but risk factors associated with developing AE are poorly described.

Objective

Identify clinicopathologic, diagnostic imaging, or procedural variables that are associated with AE in dogs after SBB.

Animals

Twenty-nine dogs with brain tumors.

Methods

Retrospective, case-control study. Dogs had laboratory investigations performed before SBB, as well as clinical examinations and diagnostic imaging of the brain before and after SBB. Cases experienced AE after SBB including transient exacerbation of preexisting neurologic deficits, transient new deficits, or permanent neurologic deficits. Controls had SBB performed

SUBMITTER: Shinn RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7517515 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature