Neuromate robot-assisted ventricular catheter insertion.
Journal:
British journal of neurosurgery
PMID:
34187266
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE: Insertion of ventricular catheters into small ventricles may require image guidance. Several options exist, including ultrasound guidance, frameless, and frame-based stereotactic approaches. There is no literature on management options when conventional image guidance fails to cannulate the ventricle. The accuracy of the robotic arm is well established in functional and epilepsy surgery. We report the first case using the Neuromate robot for the placement of a shunt ventricular catheter into the lateral ventricle after a failed attempt with a more commonly used frameless electromagnetic navigation system.