An examination of factors affecting performance on a patient-specific virtual reality-based ventriculostomy simulator

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 74-86
Author(s):  
Ryan Armstrong ◽  
Dayna Noltie ◽  
Roy Eagleson ◽  
Sandrine de Ribaupierre
Author(s):  
Nicolás González Romo ◽  
Franco Ravera Zunino

AbstractVirtual reality (VR) has increasingly been implemented in neurosurgical practice. A patient with an unruptured anterior communicating artery (AcoA) aneurysm was referred to our institution. Imaging data from computed tomography angiography (CTA) was used to create a patient specific 3D model of vascular and skull base anatomy, and then processed to a VR compatible environment. Minimally invasive approaches (mini-pterional, supraorbital and mini-orbitozygomatic) were simulated and assessed for adequate vascular exposure in VR. Using an eyebrow approach, a mini-orbitozygomatic approach was performed, with clip exclusion of the aneurysm from the circulation. The step-by-step process of VR planning is outlined, and the advantages and disadvantages for the neurosurgeon of this technology are reviewed.


Author(s):  
Ermias Andargie Walelgne ◽  
Setala Kim ◽  
Vaibhav Bajpai ◽  
Stefan Neumeier ◽  
Jukka Manner ◽  
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