This book provides a state-of-the art review of this field and demonstrates the basic applications of robotic surgery in the field of neurosurgery, exposing its basic principles, practical technical nuances, and advantages and limitations related to the technology. It also provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts. All chapters are written by experts in their fields and include the most up to date scientific and clinical information.
Robotics in Neurosurgery: Principle and Practice will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons, engineers and researchers dealing with, and interested in, this challenging and promising field in robotics applied to neurosurgery.
Part I General Principles.-
1. Robotics in Neurosurgery: Overture.-
2.
Historical Perspectives.-
3. General principles of robotics.-
4. Image
Guidance for Intracranial Surgery with Supervisory-Control Robots.- Part II
Robot Assisted Neurosurgery: Clinical Applications.-
5. Robotics in
Functional Neurosurgery.-
6. Robotics in Epilepsy Surgery.-
7. Robotic
SEEG-guided radiofrequency thermal ablation.-
8. Robotics in Laser Ablation
Procedures.-
9. Nuances of Robotics Applied in Children.-
10. Robotic
Assisted Endoscopy.-
11. Robot-assisted stereotactic biopsy.-
12.
Robot-assisted drug delivery to the brain.-
13. Robotics in Radiosurgery.-
14. Robotic Navigated Laser Craniotomy: Current applications and future
developments..-
15. Small footprint stereotactic robotic devices.-
16.
Robotics in Spine Procedures.- Part III Rehabilitation and Assistive
Robots.-
17. Rehabilitation and assistive robotics: shared principles and
common applications.-
18. A brief summary of the article: An exoskeleton
controlled by an epidural wireless brain-machine interface in a tetraplegic
patient: a proof-of-concept demonstration.- Part IV Special Topics.-
19.
Robotics in Neurosurgical Training.
Jorge Alvaro Gonzalez Martinez, MD, PhDProfessor of Neurological Surgery and NeurologyDirector, Epilepsy and Movement Disorder CenterCo-Director, Epilepsy Center University of Pittsburgh200 Lothrop Street, 4th floorPittsburgh, PA. 15253878-7870349gonzalezjo@upmc.edu Francesco Cardinale, MDClaudio Munari Center for Epilepsy SurgeryASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda - MilanoPiazza Ospedale Maggiore 3 - 20162 - Milano - ItalyEmail addresses:Work: francesco.cardinale@ospedaleniguarda.itHome: cico1965@icloud.com
