Pushing the boundaries of accuracy and reliability during stereotactic procedures: A prospective study on 526 biopsies comparing the frameless robotic and Image-Guided Surgery systems.

Journal: Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: A 12-year long, prospective, single center study was conducted, comparing two frameless systems for brain biopsies: ROSA robotic-assisted stereotaxy and BrainLab Varioguide image-guided stereotaxy (Image Guided Surgery, IGS).

Authors

  • Charles-Henry Mallereau
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: mallereau.charles@gmail.com.
  • Salvatore Chibbaro
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Mario Ganau
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Mustapha Benmekhbi
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Helene Cebula
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Guillaume Dannhoff
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Marie-des-Neiges Santin
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Irène Ollivier
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Dominique Chaussemy
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Andres Hugo Coca
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
  • Francois Proust
    Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
  • Julien Todeschi
    Department of Neurosurgery, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.