Neuronavigated surgery of intracranial cavernomas--enthusiasm for high technologies or a gold standard?

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of neuronavigation on the following parameters: "skin incision", "craniotomy", "intraoperative anatomical orientation", "dissection guiding", "localization of the pathological formation", "assessment of the degree of resection" and "duration of surgical procedure" in resections of intracranial cavernomas and to specify the indications for neuronavigation in their surgical treatment.

Patients And Methods: The present prospective study included 20 patients with intracranial cavernomas who underwent neuronavigated surgery between March 2003 and December 2005 at the Clinic of Neurosurgery of the "St. I.

Cranial neuronavigation--a step forward or a step aside in modern neurosurgery.

Neuronavigation is a result of the introduction and integration of high technologies into modern neurosurgery. The method is becoming increasingly available, and more than ever, its "fashionable", ungrounded application (literally, in each neurosurgical procedure) requires objective evaluation of its real usefulness. The aim of the present survey was to analyze the use of neuronavigation in the general fields of modern cranial neurosurgery.

Role of neuronavigation in the resection of intracranial arteriovenous malformations.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of neuronavigation on the following parameters: "skin incision", "craniotomy", "intraoperative anatomical orientation", "dissection guiding", "localization of the pathological formation", "assessment of the degree of resection" and "duration of surgical procedure" in the resection of intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and to specify the indications for application of neuronavigation in the surgical treatment of AVMs.

Methods: Five neuronavigation-assisted resections of intracranial AVMs were performed between March 2003 and December 2005 at the Clinic of Neurosurgery of St. I.