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Experience the thrill of being a neurosurgeon! The video shows the virtual brain on which the world's first patient-specific virtual neurosurgery was performed using NRC's neurosurgical simulator. The neurosurgical simulator uses innovative NRC technology to create an operating room atmosphere, allowing doctors to rehearse complex brain surgeries prior to performing the actual surgery.
Learn more about the Patient-Specific Virtual Reality Systems for Surgical Oncology project.
Video length: 0:45 min
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Video description
0:00 - 0:04 View of the pulsating brain as it appears immediately after the craniotomy, a surgical operation in which a bone flap is removed from the skull in order to access the brain. Also shown are the surgical “fish hooks” and cloth draping that would be in the surgeons field of view during the surgery.
0:05 - 0:09 The patient-specific areas of the brain necessary for speech are highlighted in blue.
0:10 - 0:11 The pulsating brain is seen.
0:11 - 0:12 The surgical aspirator tool appears in the field of view. The aspirator is a surgical resecting tool which reduces intraoperative blood loss and surgical complications.
0:12 - 0:15 The surgical aspirator is being placed over the tumour.
0:15 - 0:25 The surgical aspirator interacts with the tumour tissue and slight pulls of the tissue can be observed.
0:26 -0:32 The surgical aspirator aspirates, or removes, the tumour tissue.
0:33 - 0:37 Slight bleeding can be observed as the surgical aspirator continues to remove tumour tissue.
0:38 - 0:40 The surgical aspirator is removed from the field of view.
0:41 - 0:44 View of the pulsating brain with tumour tissue removed.
