Minimally invasive procedures. Interventional MR image-guided functional neurosurgery

Intraoperative MR imaging techniques have the potential to greatly improve the stereotactic methods used for functional neurosurgery. No longer are neurosurgeons and patients always constrained by uncomfortable head frames and conventional stereotaxy. Accuracy and complication avoidance are improved...

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Published inNeuroimaging clinics of North America Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 715
Main Authors Chu, R M, Tummala, R P, Kucharczyk, J, Truwit, C L, Maxwell, R E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2001
Subjects
Brain - pathology
Brain - surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Nervous System Diseases - pathology
Nervous System Diseases - surgery
Radiography, Interventional
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Summary:Intraoperative MR imaging techniques have the potential to greatly improve the stereotactic methods used for functional neurosurgery. No longer are neurosurgeons and patients always constrained by uncomfortable head frames and conventional stereotaxy. Accuracy and complication avoidance are improved by intraoperative imaging. Safety of operative machinery and equipment in an MR imaging operative suite is attainable, even with deep brain stimulating electrodes in depth electrodes for epilepsy. Although cost-effectiveness remains to be determined (see article by Kucharczyk et al in this issue), the minor inconveniences of operating within an iMRI environment seem to be significantly outweighed by the benefits.
ISSN:1052-5149