ArticleCureus2017
Frameless Stereotactic Insertion of Viewsite Brain Access System with Microscope-Mounted Tracking Device for Resection of Deep Brain Lesions: Technical Report.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Minimal-access exoscopic approach for caudate hemorrhage with intraventricular extension using the ViewSite Brain Access System.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Hemorrhagic Stroke: Endoscopic Aspiration.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2022Article
- Comprehensive review of surgical microscopes: technology development and medical applications.Journal of biomedical optics · 2021Review
- Minimally invasive surgery and transsulcal parafascicular approach in the evacuation of intracerebral haemorrhage.Stroke and vascular neurology · 2020Review
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Abstract
The surgical management of deep brain tumors is often challenging due to the limitations of stereotactic needle biopsies and the morbidity associated with transcortical approaches. We present a novel microscopic navigational technique utilizing the Viewsite Brain Access System (VBAS) (Vycor Medical, Boca Raton, FL, USA) for resection of a deep parietal periventricular high-grade glioma as well as another glioma and a cavernoma with no related morbidity. The approach utilized a navigational tracker mounted on a microscope, which was set to the desired trajectory and depth. It allowed gentle continuous insertion of the VBAS directly to a deep lesion under continuous microscopic visualization, increasing safety by obviating the need to look up from the microscope and thus avoiding loss of trajectory. This technique has broad value for the resection of a variety of deep brain lesions.
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