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Author Spotlight: Segmentation and VR for Advanced Neurovascular Interventions
Published on: April 5, 2024
Utilizing virtual reality for resection of recurrent ventral, extramedullary cervical meningioma
Rithikaa Rajendran1, Ilona Cazorla-Morales2, Yevgenia Shekhtman3
1Department of Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, Nutley, New Jersey, United States.
Background:
Virtual reality (VR) platforms are an emerging tool in neurosurgical planning, offering immersive, patient-specific 3D visualization to optimize surgical strategy and intraoperative navigation. Here, VR-assisted mapping was used to remove a recurrent cervical meningioma.
Methods:
A 43-year-old female with a recurrent C5-C6 ventral, intradural meningioma presented with newly progressive myelopathy due to recurrent meningioma and worsening multiple limb paresis. Using intraoperative neuronavigation and VR-assisted mapping, the patient underwent a C4-C7 hemilaminotomy for recurrent tumor resection, followed by a C3-T2 fusion.
Results:
Postoperatively, the patient had significant neurological improvement, and follow-up studies showed no tumor recurrence.
Conclusion:
This case highlights the utility of VR in presurgical planning and intraoperative guidance for complex recurrent cervical spinal tumors.
