Steve S Cho1,2, Clare W Teng1,2, Ashwin Ramayya1, Love Buch1, Jasmin Hussain1, Jessica Harsch1, Steven Brem1, John Y K Lee3. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 801 Spruce Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. 2. Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 801 Spruce Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. leejohn@uphs.upenn.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Frameless neuronavigation allows neurosurgeons to visualize and relate the position of surgical instruments to intracranial pathologies based on preoperative tomographic imaging. However, neuronavigation can often be inaccurate. Multiple factors have been proposed as potential causes, and new technologies are needed to overcome these challenges. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of neuronavigation systems compared to near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging using Second Window Indocyanine Green, a novel technique, and to determine factors that lead to neuronavigation errors. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 56 patients who underwent primary resections of intracranial tumors. Patients received 5 mg/kg ICG approximately 24 h preoperatively. Intraoperatively, neuronavigation was used to plan craniotomies to place the tumors in the center. After craniotomy, NIR imaging visualized tumor-specific NIR signals. The accuracy of neuronavigation and NIR fluorescence imaging for delineating the tumor boundary prior to durotomy was compared. RESULTS: The neuronavigation centers and NIR centers were 23.0 ± 7.7 % and 2.6 ± 1.1 % deviated from the tumor centers, respectively, relative to the craniotomy sizes. In 12 cases, significant changes were made to the planned durotomy based on NIR imaging. Patient position was a significant predictor of neuronavigation inaccuracy on both univariate and multivariate analysis, with the prone position having significantly higher inaccuracy (29.2 ± 8.1 %) compared to the supine (16.2 ± 8.1 %, p value < 0.001) or the lateral (17.9 ± 5.1 %, p value = 0.003) positions. CONCLUSION: Patient position significantly affects neuronavigation accuracy. Intraoperative NIR fluorescence imaging before durotomy offers an opportunity to readjust the neuronavigation image space to better align with the patient space.
BACKGROUND: Frameless neuronavigation allows neurosurgeons to visualize and relate the position of surgical instruments to intracranial pathologies based on preoperative tomographic imaging. However, neuronavigation can often be inaccurate. Multiple factors have been proposed as potential causes, and new technologies are needed to overcome these challenges. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of neuronavigation systems compared to near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging using Second Window Indocyanine Green, a novel technique, and to determine factors that lead to neuronavigation errors. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 56 patients who underwent primary resections of intracranial tumors. Patients received 5 mg/kg ICG approximately 24 h preoperatively. Intraoperatively, neuronavigation was used to plan craniotomies to place the tumors in the center. After craniotomy, NIR imaging visualized tumor-specific NIR signals. The accuracy of neuronavigation and NIR fluorescence imaging for delineating the tumor boundary prior to durotomy was compared. RESULTS: The neuronavigation centers and NIR centers were 23.0 ± 7.7 % and 2.6 ± 1.1 % deviated from the tumor centers, respectively, relative to the craniotomy sizes. In 12 cases, significant changes were made to the planned durotomy based on NIR imaging. Patient position was a significant predictor of neuronavigation inaccuracy on both univariate and multivariate analysis, with the prone position having significantly higher inaccuracy (29.2 ± 8.1 %) compared to the supine (16.2 ± 8.1 %, p value < 0.001) or the lateral (17.9 ± 5.1 %, p value = 0.003) positions. CONCLUSION:Patient position significantly affects neuronavigation accuracy. Intraoperative NIR fluorescence imaging before durotomy offers an opportunity to readjust the neuronavigation image space to better align with the patient space.
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Frameless neuronavigation; Intracranial tumors; Near-infrared fluorescence imaging; Second Window Indocyanine Green
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