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3D Printing Technology in Medicine: A Personalised Approach Towards a Safer Surgical Practice

The development of 3D physical systems that can realistically reproduce organs and tissues’ morphological and mechanical properties is of fundamental importance in the clinical field for specialist training an...

Giulia Mazzoleni, Tommaso Santaniello, Federico Pezzotta… in The High-risk Surgical Patient (2023)

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Real-time vessel segmentation and reconstruction for virtual fixtures for an active handheld microneurosurgical instrument

Complications related to vascular damage such as intra-operative bleeding may be avoided during neurosurgical procedures such as petroclival meningioma surgery. To address this and improve the patient’s safety...

Aravind Venugopal, Sara Moccia, Simone Foti… in International Journal of Computer Assisted… (2022)

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Informed consent through 3D virtual reality: a randomized clinical trial

The informed consent is a defining moment that should allow patients to understand their condition, what procedure they are undergoing, and what consequences may follow. This process should foster trust and pr...

Alessandro Perin, Tommaso Francesco Galbiati, Roberta Ayadi… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2021)

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EANS Basic Brain Course (ABC): combining simulation to cadaver lab for a new concept of neurosurgical training

Neurosurgical training has traditionally been based on an apprenticeship model that requires considerable time and exposure to surgeries. Unfortunately, nowadays these requirements are hampered by several limi...

Alessandro Moiraghi, Alessandro Perin, Nicolas Sicky… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2020)

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Headache, chest pain, and multiplex cranial neuropathy

Giuseppe Lauria Pinter, Franco Ferracci, Susanna Usai… in Neurological Sciences (2019)

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Filling the gap between the OR and virtual simulation: a European study on a basic neurosurgical procedure

Currently available simulators are supposed to allow young neurosurgeons to hone their technical skills in a safe environment, without causing any unnecessary harm to their patients caused by their inexperienc...

Alessandro Perin, Tommaso Francesco Galbiati, Enrico Gambatesa… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2018)

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Toward Improving Safety in Neurosurgery with an Active Handheld Instrument

Microsurgical procedures, such as petroclival meningioma resection, require careful surgical actions in order to remove tumor tissue, while avoiding brain and vessel damaging. Such procedures are currently per...

Sara Moccia, Simone Foti, Arpita Routray… in Annals of Biomedical Engineering (2018)

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Neurosurgical tools to extend tumor resection in hemispheric low-grade gliomas: conventional and contrast enhanced ultrasonography

Pediatric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) are the most frequent solid tumor in childhood. Based on an increasing number of literature reports, maximal safe resection is recommended as the first line of treatment when...

Luca Mattei, Francesco Prada, Federico Giuseppe Legnani… in Child's Nervous System (2016)

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Fusion imaging for intra-operative ultrasound-based navigation in neurosurgery

The major shortcoming of image-guided navigation systems is the use of presurgically acquired image data, which does not account for intra-operative changes such as brain shift, tissue deformation and tissue r...

Francesco Prada, Massimiliano Del Bene, Luca Mattei… in Journal of Ultrasound (2014)

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Intraoperative ultrasound in spinal tumor surgery

Intraoperative ultrasound (ioUS) has become increasingly widespread in brain tumor surgery but it is not yet a standard procedure in spinal surgery. We analyzed intraoperative ultrasonographic findings of diff...

Francesco Prada, Ignazio G. Vetrano, Assunta Filippini… in Journal of Ultrasound (2014)

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Quality of Life After Surgery for Rectal Cancer

Patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is now considered a relevant clinical outcome. This study systematically reviewed articles published in the last 5 years, focusing on the impact of rectal cance...

Teresa Gavaruzzi, Francesca Giandomenico… in Early Gastrointestinal Cancers II: Rectal … (2014)

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Transcription factors FOXG1 and Groucho/TLE promote glioblastoma growth

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadly malignant brain cancer, with a median survival of <2 years. GBM displays a cellular complexity that includes brain tumour-initiating cells (BTICs), which are co...

Federica Verginelli, Alessandro Perin, Rola Dali, Karen H. Fung… in Nature Communications (2013)

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Craniotomy vs. craniectomy for posterior fossa tumors: a prospective study to evaluate complications after surgery

Posterior fossa surgery traditionally implies permanent bone removal. Although suboccipital craniectomy offers an excellent exposure, it could lead to complications. Thus, some authors proposed craniotomy as a...

Federico G. Legnani, Andrea Saladino, Cecilia Casali… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2013)

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Practical assessment of preoperative functional map** techniques: navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation and functional magnetic resonance imaging

Preoperative brain map** is vital to improve the outcome of patients with tumors located in eloquent areas. While functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) remains the most commonly used preoperative mapp...

Antonella Mangraviti, Cecilia Casali, Roberto Cordella… in Neurological Sciences (2013)