An automated robotic approach with redundant navigation for minimal invasive extended transsphenoidal skull base surgery

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-164

  Bumm, Klaus ^a   Wurm, J ^a   Rachinger, J ^a   Dannenmann, T ^a   Bohr, C ^a   Fahlbusch, R ^a   Iro, H ^a   Nimsky, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; Extended skull base surgery; Robotic assistance; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CADAVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NEURONAVIGATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 23144436643     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-870903     Document Type: Article

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