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- Lennart Henning Stieglitz, Andreas Raabe, and Jürgen Beck.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland; Department of Neurosurgery, Zurich University Hospital, Switzerland. Electronic address: Lennart.Stieglitz@usz.ch.
- World Neurosurg. 2015 Aug 1;84(2):580-4.
BackgroundNeuronavigation is an essential tool in cranial neurosurgery. Despite continuing improvements in the technologies used for neuronavigation, certain events can lead to unacceptable mismatches. To provide the best possible outcome for the patients, surgeons need to do everything possible to reduce mismatches.Methods And ResultsSome simple techniques can greatly improve neuronavigation accuracy and patient safety. We describe two simple methods that were developed or refined in the Department of Neurosurgery at Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland: the transdermal navigation landmark and use of bone screws for co-registration.ConclusionsBoth techniques are easy to use, do not require expensive additional instruments, and are helpful in procedures involving neuronavigation.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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