Neuronavigation--impact on operating time.
It is uncertain whether the use of image-guided 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.
Alberti
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National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Dorward
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Kitchen
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Thomas
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D000758:Anesthesia / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001706:Biopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation