ArticleOperative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)2020
Computer-Assisted Versus Manual Planning for Stereotactic Brain Biopsy: A Retrospective Comparative Pilot Study.
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- Automatic Path-Planning Techniques for Minimally Invasive Stereotactic Neurosurgical Procedures-A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- An Augmented Reality-Based Navigation System for Stereotactic Brain Biopsy with Multi-Objective Path Planning and Hybrid Registration.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Digital neurosurgery in the era of intelligent medicine: a scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Computer-assisted stereoelectroencephalography planning: center-specific priors enhance planning.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Machine Learning in Neurosurgery: Toward Complex Inputs, Actionable Predictions, and Generalizable Translations.Cureus · 2024Review
- Launching Stealth AutoGuideFrontiers in robotics and AI · 2024Article
- Tractography-Enhanced Biopsy of Central Core Motor Eloquent Tumours: A Simulation-Based Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Validation of a novel path planner for stereotactic neurosurgical interventions-A retrospective clinical study.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2022Article
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- The IDEAL framework in neurosurgery: a bibliometric analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2020Review
- Refining Planning for Stereoelectroencephalography: A Prospective Validation of Spatial Priors for Computer-Assisted Planning With Application of Dynamic Learning.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundStereotactic brain biopsy is among the most common neurosurgical procedures. Planning an optimally safe surgical trajectory requires careful attention to a number of features including the following: (1) traversing the skull perpendicularly; (2) minimizing trajectory length; and (3) avoiding critical neurovascular structures.
objectiveTo evaluate a platform, SurgiNav, for automated trajectory planning in stereotactic brain biopsy.
methodsA prospectively maintained database was searched between February and August 2017 to identify all adult patients who underwent stereotactic brain biopsy and for whom postoperative imaging was available. In each case, the standard preoperative, T1-weighted, gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging was used to generate a model of the cortex. A surgical trajectory was then generated using computer-assisted planning (CAP) , and metrics of the trajectory were compared to the trajectory of the previously implemented manual plan (MP).
resultsFifteen consecutive patients were identified. Feasible trajectories were generated using CAP in all patients, and the mean angle determined using CAP was more perpendicular to the skull than using MP (10.0° vs 14.6° from orthogonal; P = .07), the mean trajectory length was shorter (38.5 vs 43.5 mm; P = .01), and the risk score was lower (0.27 vs 0.52; P = .03).
conclusionCAP for stereotactic brain biopsy appears feasible and may be safer in selected cases.
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