Magnetically guided neuronavigation of flexible instruments in shunt placement, transsphenoidal procedures, and craniotomies

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Schichor, Christian ^a   Witte, Jens ^b   Schöller, Karsten ^a   Tanner, Philipp ^a   Uhl, Eberhard ^a   Goldbrunner, Roland ^a   Tonn, Jörg Christian ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BRAINLAB AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Frameless neuronavigation; Magnetically guided neuronavigation; Shunt placement

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL IMPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY; NEURONAVIGATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURONAVIGATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 56849092129     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000297082.28670.B1     Document Type: Article

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