Brain Surgery Articles
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Results of Using a New Technology to Improve the Identification and Preservation of Nerve Tissue during Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
Introduction & Objectives Efforts to improve continence after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) have focused on preserving periurethral and bladder neck tissue and techniques involving posterior reconstructions and anterior suspensions. Many patients, however, still have varying degrees of urinary incontinence. Literature has shown that nerves innervating the levator ...
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What are brain networks?
There is no such thing as unimportant, or non-eloquent, brain. For decades, neuroscientists and clinicians have studied the brain attempting to pinpoint the regions that control specific functions. This is the age old question of ‘What part of the brain is responsible for ___?’ For clinicians, this assists in determining where the source of certain disorders may originate and ...
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The Zap-X Radiosurgical System in the Treatmentof Intracranial Tumors
BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:The Zap-X system (Zap Surgical Systems Inc, SanCarlos, California) is a radically new surgical robot designed for brain and head and neckradiosurgery. It represents the first new dedicated brain stereotactic radiosurgery platformin almost half a century optimizing the goals of safety, speed, and accuracy. The Zap-Xsystem was used in a required Chinese National Medical ...
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ZAP Surgical Receives CE Mark Clearance for its ZAP-X Gyroscopic Radiosurgery Platform
ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc. today announced it has received CE mark clearance to the new EU MDR for its ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery® platform. The CE mark makes it possible for healthcare providers to begin treating patients with the ZAP-X system in the European Union. For select indications including many primary and metastatic brain tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is proven ...
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ZAP Surgical Announces First Facility on the East Coast Initiates Patient Treatment Using New Non-Invasive Brain Tumor Therapy
ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc. today announced ZAP-X® Gyroscopic Radiosurgery® patient treatments have commenced at MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, MD. For many primary and metastatic brain tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has proven to be an effective treatment with outcomes equivalent to invasive surgical procedures. ...
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Impact of Healthcare Industry in India
The Healthcare industry is one of India’s rapidly growing and largest sectors contributing approximately 60% of the industry’s total revenue. A wide range of employability and startup innovations associated with the revenue developed to drive the industry. It comprises of hospitals, medical devices, telemedicine, clinical trials, medical equipment, integration of health insurance and ...
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Montreal-developed probe could be breakthrough in finding cancer (Montreal CTV News)
A fibre-optic probe can detect errant cancer cells within healthy tissue during brain tumour surgery with close to 100 per cent accuracy and sensitivity, reducing the risk of recurrence and thereby increasing a patient’s survival time, say the Canadian researchers who developed the device. The hand-held, pen-like instrument, known as a Raman spectroscopy probe, is able to differentiate ...
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New Renishaw manual CMM upgrade option
Renishaw is pleased to announce the launch of its MODUS 2 manual CMM upgrade kits. These enable users of manual CMMs to increase productivity, reduce inspection lead times and optimise the operation of their manual machine with a retrofit supplied and supported directly by Renishaw. The MODUS 2 MMI (Manual Machine Interface) provides an easy to use tool to access sophisticated measurement ...
By Renishaw plc
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The impact of robotics on neurosurgery
Stuart Campbell, Clinical Sales Development Manager of the Neurological Products Division at Renishaw, discusses key trends on the use of robotics in neurosurgery. The curious case of Phineas Gage is one of the earliest and best known cases of serious brain injury. On September 13th, 1848, Gage was working as a railway foreman in Vermont when an explosion caused a three foot long iron rod to be ...
By Renishaw plc
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