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Stereotactic operations were performed with the frameless stereotactic instrument (named as CAS-R-2) manufactured by ourselves rather than traditional stereotactic frame. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical usefulness, accuracy and safety of the frameless stereotactic instrument. We retrospectively reviewed 2011 patients aged between 0.2 to 89 years (with mean of 30.7 years) with CT/MRI image-guided frameless stereotactic surgery between January 1997 to April 2007. The accuracy of position and improvement of symptom was observed. The surgical procedures were successful. All targets were pointed accurately in just one go during the operation. Follow-up being performed 3 to 48 months (averaged 24 months) after the operation, the total effective rate was 93.3% without serious surgery-related complications. Compared with the traditional frame stereotactic operations, this method has some advantages, such as releasing the patient’s pain, convenient to the doctors, extending the range of indications and increasing the safety and effectiveness of the operations.
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Tian, Zm., Lu, Ws., Zhao, Qj., Yu, X., Qi, Sb., Wang, R. (2008). From Frame to Framless Stereotactic Operation—Clinical Application of 2011 Cases. In: Gao, X., Müller, H., Loomes, M.J., Comley, R., Luo, S. (eds) Medical Imaging and Informatics. MIMI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4987. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79490-5_4
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