Robotics in keyhole transcranial endoscope-assisted microsurgery: A critical review of existing systems and proposed specifications for new robotic platforms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 84-95

  Marcus, Hani J ^a,b   Seneci, Carlo A ^a   Payne, Christopher J ^a   Nandi, Dipankar ^b   Darzi, Ara ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image guided intervention; Minimally invasive surgery; Neurosurgery; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANEURYSM; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRANIOTOMY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LONG TERM CARE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROLOGICAL ENDOSCOPE; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROBOTICS; SKILL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRANIAL ENDOSCOPE ASSISTED MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; STEREOENDOSCOPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELESURGERY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NEUROENDOSCOPES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84907878428     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000123     Document Type: Article

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