title: [How Reliable is Neuronavigation?].
abstract: Neuronavigation plays a central role in modern neurosurgery. It allows visualizing instruments and three-dimensional image data intraoperatively and supports spatial orientation. Thus it allows to reduce surgical risks and speed up complex surgical procedures. The growing availability and importance of neuronavigation makes clear how relevant it is to know about its reliability and accuracy. Different factors may influence the accuracy during the surgery unnoticed, misleading the surgeon. Besides the best possible optimization of the systems themselves, a good knowledge about its weaknesses is mandatory for every neurosurgeon.
authors.affiliation: 1 Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: Lennart Henning
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Stieglitz
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation
keywords: Neuronavigation; Stereotaxie; chirurgie assistée par ordinateur; computer-assisted surgery; computerassistierte Chirurgie; neuronavigation; stereotaxy; stéréotaxie