Volume of Surgical Freedom: The Most Applicable Anatomical Measurement for Surgical Assessment and 3-Dimensional Modeling
Surgical freedom is the most important metric at the disposal of the surgeon. The volume of surgical freedom (VSF) is a new methodology that produces an optimal qualitative and quantitative representation of an access corridor and provides the surgeon with an anatomical, spatially accurate, and clin...
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| description | Surgical freedom is the most important metric at the disposal of the surgeon. The volume of surgical freedom (VSF) is a new methodology that produces an optimal qualitative and quantitative representation of an access corridor and provides the surgeon with an anatomical, spatially accurate, and clinically applicable metric. In this study, illustrative dissection examples were completed using two of the most common surgical approaches, the pterional craniotomy and the supraorbital craniotomy. The VSF methodology models the surgical corridor as a cone with an irregular base. The measurement data are fitted to the cone model, and from these fitted data, the volume of the cone is calculated as a volumetric measurement of the surgical corridor. A normalized VSF compensates for inaccurate measurements that may occur as a result of dependence on probe length during data acquisition and provides a fixed reference metric that is applicable across studies. The VSF compensates for multiple inaccuracies in the practical and mathematical methods currently used for quantitative assessment, thereby enabling the production of 3-dimensional models of the surgical corridor. The VSF is therefore an improved standard for assessment of surgical freedom. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20491917c6a44cc2941bbcc08214e8352022-12-21T22:07:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology2296-41852021-04-01910.3389/fbioe.2021.628797628797Volume of Surgical Freedom: The Most Applicable Anatomical Measurement for Surgical Assessment and 3-Dimensional ModelingLena Mary HoulihanDavid NaughtonMark C. PreulSurgical freedom is the most important metric at the disposal of the surgeon. The volume of surgical freedom (VSF) is a new methodology that produces an optimal qualitative and quantitative representation of an access corridor and provides the surgeon with an anatomical, spatially accurate, and clinically applicable metric. In this study, illustrative dissection examples were completed using two of the most common surgical approaches, the pterional craniotomy and the supraorbital craniotomy. The VSF methodology models the surgical corridor as a cone with an irregular base. The measurement data are fitted to the cone model, and from these fitted data, the volume of the cone is calculated as a volumetric measurement of the surgical corridor. A normalized VSF compensates for inaccurate measurements that may occur as a result of dependence on probe length during data acquisition and provides a fixed reference metric that is applicable across studies. The VSF compensates for multiple inaccuracies in the practical and mathematical methods currently used for quantitative assessment, thereby enabling the production of 3-dimensional models of the surgical corridor. The VSF is therefore an improved standard for assessment of surgical freedom.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2021.628797/fullneuroanatomical quantitationsurgical target structuresurgical access corridorvolume of surgical freedom3D modeling |
| spellingShingle | Lena Mary Houlihan David Naughton Mark C. Preul Volume of Surgical Freedom: The Most Applicable Anatomical Measurement for Surgical Assessment and 3-Dimensional Modeling Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology neuroanatomical quantitation surgical target structure surgical access corridor volume of surgical freedom 3D modeling |
| title | Volume of Surgical Freedom: The Most Applicable Anatomical Measurement for Surgical Assessment and 3-Dimensional Modeling |
| title_full | Volume of Surgical Freedom: The Most Applicable Anatomical Measurement for Surgical Assessment and 3-Dimensional Modeling |
| title_fullStr | Volume of Surgical Freedom: The Most Applicable Anatomical Measurement for Surgical Assessment and 3-Dimensional Modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Volume of Surgical Freedom: The Most Applicable Anatomical Measurement for Surgical Assessment and 3-Dimensional Modeling |
| title_short | Volume of Surgical Freedom: The Most Applicable Anatomical Measurement for Surgical Assessment and 3-Dimensional Modeling |
| title_sort | volume of surgical freedom the most applicable anatomical measurement for surgical assessment and 3 dimensional modeling |
| topic | neuroanatomical quantitation surgical target structure surgical access corridor volume of surgical freedom 3D modeling |
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