Influence of dexamethasone on visible 5-ALA fluorescence and quantitative protoporphyrin IX accumulation measured by fluorescence lifetime imaging in glioblastomas: is pretreatment obligatory before fluorescence-guided surgery?

Wadiura, Lisa I; Reichert, David; Sperl, Veronika; Lang, Alexandra; Kiesel, Barbara; Erkkilae, Mikael; Wöhrer, Adelheid; Furtner, Julia; Roetzer, Thomas; Leitgeb, Rainer; Mischkulnig, Mario; Widhalm, Georg

Wadiura, Lisa I; Reichert, David; Sperl, Veronika; Lang, Alexandra; Kiesel, Barbara; Erkkilae, Mikael; Wöhrer, Adelheid; Furtner, Julia; Roetzer, Thomas; Leitgeb, Rainer; Mischkulnig, Mario; Widhalm, Georg.

Afiliación

Wadiura LI; 1Department of Neurosurgery.
Reichert D; 6Comprehensive Cancer Center-Central Nervous System Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Sperl V; 2Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.
Lang A; 3Christian Doppler Laboratory OPTRAMED.
Kiesel B; 1Department of Neurosurgery.
Erkkilae M; 6Comprehensive Cancer Center-Central Nervous System Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Wöhrer A; 1Department of Neurosurgery.
Furtner J; 6Comprehensive Cancer Center-Central Nervous System Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Roetzer T; 1Department of Neurosurgery.
Leitgeb R; 6Comprehensive Cancer Center-Central Nervous System Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Mischkulnig M; 2Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.
Widhalm G; 4Department of Neurology-Division for Neuropathology and Neurochemistry.