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[New technology and research progress in neurosurgery diagnosis and treatment]
Q Y Zhuang1, L Chen1, Y Mao1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University; National Medical Center for Neurological Disorders, Shanghai 200040, China.
Abstract:
Neurosurgery is a vital branch of medicine that deals with the surgical management of brain disorders. The increasing demand for clinical solutions drives technological innovation, and the rapid progress in science and technology enables new discoveries, knowledge, techniques, and instruments in neurosurgery, expanding the scope and accuracy of diagnosis and treatment, and enhancing therapeutic outcomes. The author team combines domestic and international literature and previous clinical and scientific research experience, focusing on practical clinical problems in several subspecialties, including neuroimaging, neuronavigation and surgical robot assistance, central nervous system tumors, surgical treatment of cerebrovascular disease, functional neurosurgery, neuroinjury and neural repair, and digital neurosurgery. The paper summarizes in detail the research hotspots and puts forward the research direction prospects, including the innovative application of imaging technology, the development of fine surgery, the innovation of neuro-oncology diagnosis and treatment, the surgical standardization of cerebrovascular disease, the progress of neuromodulation, the individualized neurological alternative treatment and the digitalization of multi-dimensional information in neurosurgery.
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