ArticleBrain sciences2020
Impact of Virtual Reality in Arterial Anatomy Detection and Surgical Planning in Patients with Unruptured Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms.
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- Immersive Virtual Reality for Patient-Specific Preoperative Planning: A Systematic Review.Surgical innovation · 2023Pooled it
- The digital evolution of surgical planning: a systematic review of immersive and interactive technologies.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Virtual reality vs. Manikin based training on emergency life saving basic rescue skills: a summative evaluation.BMC medical education · 2025Article
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- Advancing endovascular neurosurgery training with extended reality: opportunities and obstacles for the next decade.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Review
- Narrative review of patient-specific 3D visualization and reality technologies in skull base neurosurgery: enhancements in surgical training, planning, and navigation.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Review
- Mixed Reality for Cranial Neurosurgical Planning: A Single-Center Applicability Study With the First 107 Subsequent Holograms.Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) · 2023Article
- Implementation of a Virtual Reality Based Digital-Twin Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery Simulator.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Application of virtual and mixed reality for 3D visualization in intracranial aneurysm surgery planning: a systematic review.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Review
- Case report: Impact of mixed reality on anatomical understanding and surgical planning in a complex fourth ventricular tumor extending to the lamina quadrigemina.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Digital tools in neurosurgical pathways: considerations for the future.Future healthcare journal · 2022Review
- Virtual Reality in the Neurosciences: Current Practice and Future Directions.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Review
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Abstract
Anterior-communicating artery (ACoA) aneurysms have diverse configurations and anatomical variations. The evaluation and operative treatment of these aneurysms necessitates a perfect surgical strategy based on review of three-dimensional (3D) angioarchitecture using several radiologic imaging methods. We analyzed the influence of 3D virtual reality (VR) reconstructions versus conventional computed tomography angiography (CTA) scans on the identification of vascular anatomy and on surgical planning in patients with unruptured ACoA aneurysms. Medical files were retrospectively analyzed regarding patient- and disease-related data. Preoperative CTA scans were retrospectively reconstructed to 3D-VR images and visualized via VR software to detect the characteristics of unruptured ACoA aneurysms. A questionnaire was used to evaluate the influence of VR on the identification of aneurysm morphology and relevant arterial anatomy and on surgical strategy. Twenty-six patients were included and 520 answer sheets were evaluated. The 3D-VR modality significantly influenced detection of the aneurysm-related vascular structure (
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