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Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Improving Precision and Accuracy with microscopes
Spine surgery is extremely delicate and requires extensive training and experience. Innovative visualization technologies can also help achieve better outcomes allowing to see more and have a clearer…Read article
Neurosurgery with Heads-up Display
In the following video interviews Prof. Dr. Raphael Guzman, Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, talks about his experience in heads-up…Read article
Augmented Reality and Fluorescence: Clinical Uses in Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery
In this webinar Dr. Bendok and Dr. Morcos explain how Augmented Reality and Fluorescence can enhance visualization and support surgical decision making. They present first-hand experience of the GLOW…Read article
The Benefits of Fluorescein and ICG use in Vascular Neurosurgery
In this webinar Professor Marco Cenzato, head of neurosurgery in the Niguarda Hospital in Milan, Italy talks about the use of Fluorescein Sodium and Indocyanine Green (ICG) in Vascular Neurosurgery.Read article
Surgical Microscopes: Key Factors for OR Nurses
Operating room (OR) nurses are vital to the surgery process. An OR Nurse Manager explains the key surgical microscope features to facilitate their work.Read article
How to Drape an Overhead Surgical Microscope
The tutorial features the Leica ARveo digital Augmented Reality microscope for complex neurosurgery. The procedure also applies to the Leica M530 OHX, OH6, OH5 and OH4.Read article
How to Drape a Surgical Microscope
Before performing surgical procedures, it is important to drape the surgical microscope to ensure sterile working conditions. At Leica, we are committed to helping you with your surgical practice. In…Read article
Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
Managing unruptured intracranial aneurysms is complex and usually involves one or a combination of three options – conservative, endovascular, or surgical treatment. During surgical treatment the…Read article
GLOW800 Augmented Reality Fluorescence in Aneurysm Treatment
This case study from Prof. Dr. Feres Chaddad talks about the treatment of unruptured MCA (middle cerebral artery) and PCOM (posterior communicating artery) aneurysms with microsurgical clipping. It…Read article
The Future of Fluorescence in Vascular Neurosurgery
In vascular neurosurgery, surgical microscopes are used to provide a magnified and illuminated view of the surgical field. Although surgeons benefit greatly from the superb image quality and optical…Read article
Full-HD Image Injection Provides a Complete Picture of the Surgical Site Directly in the Microscope Eyepieces
The human skull is an especially delicate area for surgery. To differentiate healthy tissue from tumor cells, or treat an aneurysm for example, the surgeon needs a complete picture of the surgical…Read article
Navigating Through the Brain
One of the challenges of neurosurgery is orientation at the surgical site. When resecting tumors, removing arteriovenous malformations, or clipping aneurysms, surgeons often have to work near healthy…Read article
Sylvian dissection with ICG, viewed with FL800 fluorescence
In vascular and neoplastic surgery sylvian dissection is an essential skill. The neurosurgeon needs to recognize the superficial sylvian vein (SSV) in order to safely and accurately achieve a wide…Read article
First Bilateral Hand Transplant in a Child
Surgeons at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) joined with colleagues from Penn Medicine recently to complete the world’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child. Earlier this month,…Read article
FusionOptics in Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology – for a Larger 3D Area in Focus
Neurosurgeons and ophthalmologists deal with delicate structures, deep or narow cavities and tiny structures with vitally important functions. A clear, three-dimensional view on the surgical field is…Read article