Fluorescein sodium in brain tumor surgery – Response

Answer to: “Sodium fluorescein-guided resection under the YELLOW 560-nm surgical microscope filter in malignant brain tumor surgery—a feasibility study” (April 2013, Volume 155, Issue 4, pp 693–69)

(2013) Ricardo Diez Valle et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

Sodium fluorescein–guided resection under the YELLOW 560 nm surgical microscope filter in malignant brain tumor surgery—a feasibility study

(2013) Karl-Michael Schebesch et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

Fluorescein-guided surgery for grade IV gliomas with a dedicated filter on the surgical microscope: preliminary results in 12 cases

(2013) Francesco Acerbi et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

Impact of extent of resection for recurrent glioblastoma on overall survival

(2012) Orin Bloch et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Extent of resection in patients with glioblastoma: limiting factors, perception of resectability, and effect on survival

(2012) Daniel Orringer et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Intraoperative tissue fluorescence using 5-aminolevolinic acid (5-ALA) is more sensitive than contrast MRI or amino acid positron emission tomography (18F-FET PET) in glioblastoma surgery

(2012) Karl Roessler et al.   NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH

An extent of resection threshold for newly diagnosed glioblastomas

(2011) Nader Sanai et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY