What Is Stereotaxic Surgery?

Stereotactic surgery is a minimally invasive form of surgical intervention that makes use of a three-dimensional coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body and to perform on them some action such as ablation, biopsy, lesion, injection, stimulation, implantation, radiosurgery, etc.

When is stereotaxic surgery used?

Stereotaxic surgery is often used to locate lesions in the brain and to deliver radiation therapy.

How do you do Stereotaxic Surgery?

To expose the skull, make a small incision with a scalpel. Separate the muscle tissue gently and clean the surface of the skull. Then, use the micromanipulator to lower a probe to bregma and take note of its dorsoventral coordinate. Then raise the probe and repeat this procedure at lambda.