Preoperative evaluation of neurovascular relationships for microvascular decompression in the cerebellopontine angle in a virtual reality environment: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-485

  Du, Zhuo Ying ^a   Gao, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Xiao Luo ^a   Wang, Zhi Qiu ^a   Tang, Wei Jun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Neurovascular compression; Preoperative evaluation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; PONS ANGLE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VIRTUAL REALITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77956905673     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.JNS091012     Document Type: Article

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