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OBJECTIVE:In this series, we present 3 cases that show the use of a skull-mounted tracker for image-guided navigation for anterior skull base surgery and ventricular catheter placement procedures. This system obviates fiducials or face masks during the surgical procedure itself and allows for the performance of facial incisions using the Weber-Ferguson approach. METHODS:Our series presents the use of a novel intraoperative navigational system that uses a skull-mounted tracker to navigated anterior skull base surgery. RESULTS:We present 3 cases using this new system: 1 anterior skull base tumor removal that was operated on without a facemask for navigation and 2 ventricular catheter placement procedures. CONCLUSIONS:Intraoperative image-guided navigation has revolutionized neurosurgery. It undoubtedly increases the surgeon's confidence and the perception of safety. Although fiducials and facial masks are the most widely used tools for intraoperative navigation, their use is associated with certain complications. This technique permits free movement of the head during surgery, which in turn facilitates the exposure of head and neck lesions and expedites the approach to ventricular catheter placement. Our case series shows the precision and ease of our technique, which is less time consuming and less cumbersome than the traditional frame-based stereotaxy. In addition, the skull-mounted tracker system allows improved anatomic localization and shorter operating time and avoids the complications associated with the use of rigid fixating head frames.
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World Neurosurgjournal_title
World neurosurgeryauthors
Fanous AA,White TG,Hirsch MB,Chakraborty S,Costantino PD,Langer DJ,Boockvar JAdoi
10.1016/j.wneu.2017.03.007subject
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2017-06-01 00:00:00pages
661-667eissn
1878-8750issn
1878-8769pii
S1878-8750(17)30319-4journal_volume
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.08.112
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
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更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
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doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2015.10.060
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更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
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更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2015.11.051
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.07.122
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.139
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.092
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.07.009
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.122
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2010.07.042
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.11.064
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.047
更新日期:2020-11-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.003
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.022
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.094
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.277
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.11.042
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.184
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.118
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00