Articles: surgery.
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Journal of neuro-oncology · Jun 2005
Comparative StudyFrame-based stereotactic biopsy remains an important diagnostic tool with distinct advantages over frameless stereotactic biopsy.
As the availability of image-guided surgical navigation systems has increased, the application of frame-based biopsy has declined at our institution, despite equivalent accuracy and safety. There are several cost issues separating the use of surgical navigation systems and stereotactic frames for simple biopsy which may have implications in this era of health care cost control. We retrospectively reviewed the UCSF experience with stereotactic brain biopsy from a 9 year period. ⋯ Frame-based and frameless stereotactic biopsy approaches were equally effective at providing a tissue diagnosis with minimum morbidity and mortality. The frame-based approach, however, required significantly less anesthesia resources, less operating room time and shorter hospital stays, and thus should still be considered a first-line approach for stereotactic brain biopsy.
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Chirurgie de la main · Jun 2005
[Scaphoid percutaneous osteosynthesis by screw using computer assisted surgery: an experimental study].
Scaphoid fractures are sometimes difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to fix. Recent progress such as miniaturization of osteosynthesis material, adoption of the percutaneous route, and widening of the indications to include undisplaced fractures has still not abolished complications. In this context, computer assisted surgery (CAS) may be useful and deserves further study. ⋯ Its limits are of a geometrical nature "two images available in two planes", data processing "non-specific software dedicated", instrumental "instrument calibration, micromobility of the immobilisation device" and live surgery "no current validation on a fractured scaphoid". Meantime, the development of a percutaneous scaphoid osteosynthesis procedure by CAS can only bring advantages: reduction in the learning curve, widening of the indications, comfort in the technique, reduction in the errors of ostesynthesis and, reduction in the exposure to x-rays. In the current state of knowledge, the method would only be applicable to undisplaced fractures.
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · May 2005
[epiDRB--a new minimally invasive concept for referencing in the field of computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery].
Optoelectronic navigation for computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS) is based on a firm connection of bone with passive reflectors or active light-emitting diodes in a specific three-dimensional pattern. Even a so-called "minimally-invasive" dynamic reference base (DRB) requires fixation with screws or clamps via incision of the skin. Consequently an originally percutaneous intervention would unnecessarily be extended to an open procedure. Thus, computer-assisted navigation is rarely applied. Due to their tree-like design most DRB's interfere with the surgeon's actions and therefore are at permanent risk to be accidentally dislocated. Accordingly, the optic communication between the camera and the operative site may repeatedly be interrupted. The aim of the research was the development of a less bulky, more comfortable, stable and safely trackable device that can be fixed truly percutaneously. ⋯ With the newly developed epiDRB computer-assisted navigation becomes easier and safer to handle even in punctures and other percutaneous procedures at the spine as much as at the extremities without an unproportionate amount of additional trauma. Due to the special design referencing of more than one vertebral body is possible at one time, thus decreasing radiation exposure and increasing efficiency.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Computer-mediated instructional video: a randomised controlled trial comparing a sequential and a segmented instructional video in surgical hand wash.
Video-based instructions for clinical procedures have been used frequently during the preceding decades. ⋯ The students demonstrated positive attitudes and acceptable learning outcome from viewing CAL videos as a part of their pre-clinical training. Videos that are part of computer-based learning settings would ideally be presented to the students both as a segmented and as a whole video to give the students the option to choose the form of video which suits the individual student's learning style.
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Intraoperative 3-D visualization using the Siremobil Iso C(3D) (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) has been approved for use in spine and long bone surgery since its recent clinical launch. In preparation for the clinical use of the Siremobil Iso C(3D) in pelvic surgery, the aim of this study was to grade the quality of visualization in comparison with the gold standard of computer tomography in four therapy relevant pelvic regions in eight human cadavers, including SI screws to exemplify implants in the dorsal pelvic ring. Besides the influence of the body mass index and the interference of metal artefacts, visualization quality was evaluated in different pelvic regions (sacroiliac joint, acetabulum, femoral neck and anterior pelvic ring) using a score with five subgroups, rating the applicability of Siremobil Iso C(3D) in pelvic surgery. ⋯ Implants positioned in the dorsal pelvic ring reduced visualization quality, but sufficient estimation of bony structures was still possible. For primary diagnostics, computer tomography remains a clearly superior option due to better image quality. For intraoperative control of the reduction and positioning of implants in pelvic surgery, however, the additional intraoperative use of Siremobil Iso C(3D) is considered to offer clear advantages over current 2-D C-arm visualization tools.