2018 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting-548. Robot-Guided Stereotaxy for Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: An Initial Experience

548. Robot-Guided Stereotaxy for Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: An Initial Experience

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In this video, Dr. Alan Ho, a resident at Stanford, presents his experience with robotic-assisted deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. He discusses the goals of accuracy, efficiency, safety, and patient comfort in DBS procedures. Dr. Ho introduces the Mazer Renaissance robot, which is a frameless robotic alignment tool that attaches directly to the patient's skull. He explains the process of attaching the base to the skull, planning the surgery using the Mazer software, and the use of the robotic arm to align the trajectory for DBS electrode placement. The video highlights improvements in operative efficiency, decreased operative times, and decreased number of microelectrode recording (MER) passes with the use of the robotic-assisted technique compared to a frameless technique. Dr. Ho concludes that the initial experience with this robotic system supports its further utilization and adoption in stereotactic surgeries and DBS.

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Allen H. Ho, MD

Keywords

robotic-assisted deep brain stimulation surgery

Mazer Renaissance robot

frameless robotic alignment tool

operative efficiency

stereotactic surgeries