title: Enhancing neurosurgical endoscopy with the use of 'virtual reality' headgear.
abstract: Widespread use of neurosurgical endoscopy has been hampered by the necessity of looking up from the surgical field to view the endoscopic image on a video monitor. Here is demonstrated a simple, lightweight headpiece with a small, built-in video monitor that reflects the video image to the dominant eye, thus allowing the operator to continuously observe the surgical field either via peripheral vision or via the non-dominant eye. Successful use of the device is documented here in a minimally invasive fenestration of an arachnoid cyst into the lateral ventricle via a flexible endoscopic procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McGregor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D016288:Computer Terminals; D003626:Data Display; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface