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9711704

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-4 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
An infrared-based neuronavigation device (Surgical Microscope Navigator) integrating a pointer system with microscope guidance, is presented. We report our experience with this system in 17 patients undergoing surgery for space-occupying lesions of the central region. Cortical motor stimulation was additionally used in selected cases. The system was helpful in all operations by guiding craniotomy, corticotomy, or extent of tissue resection. Gross total tumor removal was possible in all patients but 1. Technical problems occurred in 1 case. Postoperative neurological worsening was found in 3 patients; this was reversible within a few weeks in 2 of them. In 9 cases, neuronavigation (combined with cortical stimulation, if necessary) probably prevented permanent neurological injury by exactly localizing tumors in the central area. It is concluded that neuronavigation (combined with motor cortex stimulation) may decrease neurological injury or neurosurgical invasiveness in lesions of the central region.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1011-6125
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
112-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Infrared-based neuronavigation and cortical motor stimulation in the management of central-region tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurosurgical Hospital, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article