Neuronavigation – Impact on Operating Time
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- stereotactic and-image-guided-surgery
- Published by S. Karger AG in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Vol. 68 (1-4) , 44-48
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000099901
Abstract
It is uncertain whether the use of imaggguided surgery has an influence on operating time. We prospectively studied the time requirements which have to be invested for using image-guided surgery and performed a comparison of operating room times from 125 matched pairs of image-guided and conventional operations. Our study revealed that neuronavigation has to be regarded as time neutral in general neurosurgery, whereas in stereotactic surgery, namely biopsy retrival, a significant reduction of anaesthetic time can be achieved through the complete separation of imaging and operation in the frameless approach.Keywords
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