Isabella Chiurillo, Raahil M Sha, Faith C Robertson, Jian Liu, Jacqueline Li, Hieu Le Mau, Jose M Amich, William B Gormley, Roman Stolyarov
For the past three decades, neurosurgeons have utilized cranial neuro-navigation systems, bringing millimetric accuracy to operating rooms worldwide. These systems require an operating room team, anesthesia, and, most critically, cranial fixation. As a result, treatments for acute neurosurgical conditions, performed urgently in emergency rooms or intensive care units on awake and non-immobilized patients, have not benefited from traditional neuro-navigation. These emergent procedures are performed freehand, guided only by anatomical landmarks with no navigation, resulting in inaccurate catheter placement and neurological deficits...
December 7, 2023: Bioengineering