Application of Dextroscope virtual reality system in pituitary adenoma surgery
Ma Shunchang
Chen Suhua
Hu Yeshuai
Qi Jianfa
Li Zhiqiang
Jin Shengyang
Shi Xiangen
Yang Jun
Abstract：Objective To explore the role of virtual reality technique in preoperative planning of pituitary adenoma. Methods Thirty-one patients with pituitary adenoma were collected as experimental group, whose multiple imaging data including CTA and MRI were acquired before surgery and transferred to the Dextroscope system for 3-D reconstruction. The information of tumor, brain tissue, bones and vessels were obtained, observed and measured. Based on the above, simulated surgery was performed in order to make the surgical plan. The routine surgery was performed on 20 patients with pituitary adenoma as control group. The surgery time, rate of total removal and KPS scores between 2 groups were compared. Results 3-D reconstruction was successfully performed on 31 patients in the experimental group and the results were in accordance with surgical findings. Compared with control group, surgery time was shorter in experimental group (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in rate of total removal and KPS scores between the two groups (P >0.1). Conclusions Virtual reality technique can offer comprehensive information about the tumor and adjacent structures, offer guidance for making individualized surgical plan and help to increase the safety of surgery.
Keywords：pituitary neoplasmsvirtual realityindividualizedreconstructionthree-dimensional
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 485-487 )