ArticleNeurosurgical review2022
Augmented reality-assisted craniofacial reconstruction in skull base lesions - an innovative technique for single-step resection and cranioplasty in neurosurgery.
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- Extended reality in skull base surgery: a systematic literature review.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Augmented Reality Integration in Skull Base Neurosurgery: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Single-stage tumor resection and immediate CAD/CAM-assisted cranio-orbital reconstruction for spheno-orbital meningiomas: a standardized surgical workflow and outcome analysis.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- Middle-Term Follow-Up Outcomes of the Customised Temporomandibular Joint-Skull Base Combined Prosthesis by 3D Printing.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Single-Center Experience in Microsurgical Resection of Acoustic Neurinomas and the Benefit of Microscope-Based Augmented Reality.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Augmented Reality in Neurosurgery: A New Paradigm for Training.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Visualization, navigation, augmentation. The ever-changing perspective of the neurosurgeon.Brain & spine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Defects of the cranial vault often require cosmetic reconstruction with patient-specific implants, particularly in cases of craniofacial involvement. However, fabrication takes time and is expensive; therefore, efforts must be made to develop more rapidly available and more cost-effective alternatives. The current study investigated the feasibility of an augmented reality (AR)-assisted single-step procedure for repairing bony defects involving the facial skeleton and the skull base. In an experimental setting, nine neurosurgeons fabricated AR-assisted and conventionally shaped ("freehand") implants from polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) on a skull model with a craniofacial bony defect. Deviations of the surface profile in comparison with the original model were quantified by means of volumetry, and the cosmetic results were evaluated using a multicomponent scoring system, each by two blinded neurosurgeons. Handling the AR equipment proved to be quite comfortable. The median volume deviating from the surface profile of the original model was low in the AR-assisted implants (6.40 cm
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