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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2021; 16(03): 562-566
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_413_20
Original Article

The use of fusion images as a diagnostic and neurosurgical planning tool in microvascular decompression

Thomas Tommy
Department of Neurosurgery, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang
,
Ittichai Sakarunchai
1   Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla
,
Yasuhiro Yamada
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital, Fujita Health University, Nagoya
,
Koichiro Yoshida
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital, Fujita Health University, Nagoya
,
Tsukasa Kawase
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital, Fujita Health University, Nagoya
,
Yoko Kato
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital, Fujita Health University, Nagoya
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Preoperative assessment of surgery using high-quality images can help surgeons to achieve best result of treatment. With the advances in computer technology, interactive multimodality fusion images have been developed. The use of fusion images as a preoperative planning tool is described with its examples in illustrative cases of trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm microvascular decompression (MVD). Interactive computer graphics such as multimodality fusion method is a useful tool to preoperatively predict the need of bone exposure and configuration of blood vessels with its correlation to cranial nerves in MVD.

Key-words:

Fusion images - microvascular decompression - preoperative planning

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Publication History

Received: 01 September 2020

Accepted: 15 February 2021

Article published online:
16 August 2022

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