The "STARS" study: advanced preoperative rehearsal and intraoperative navigation in neurosurgical oncology.

Alessandro Perin^1,2,3, Enrico Gambatesa^4,5, Chiara B Rui^4,5, Giovanni Carone^4,5, Claudia Fanizzi^4,5, Francesca M Lombardo^4,5, Tommaso F Galbiati^4,5, Donatella Sgubin⁶, Hagit Silberberg⁷, Paolo Cappabianca⁸, Torstein R Meling^5,9,10, Francesco DI Meco^4,5,9,11,12,

¹Department of Neurosurgery, I.R.C.C.S. Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta" Foundation, Milan, Italy - aperin@gmail.com.

²Besta NeuroSim Center, I.R.C.C.S. Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta" Foundation, Milan, Italy - aperin@gmail.com.

³Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy - aperin@gmail.com.

⁴Department of Neurosurgery, I.R.C.C.S. Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta" Foundation, Milan, Italy.

⁵Besta NeuroSim Center, I.R.C.C.S. Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta" Foundation, Milan, Italy.

⁶Department of Neurosurgery, SS. Antonio e Biagio e C. Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.

⁷Surgical Theater LLC, Mayfield, OH, USA.

⁸Department of Neurosurgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

⁹EANS Training Committee, Prague, Czech Republic.

¹⁰Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

¹¹Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

¹²Johns Hopkins Medical School, Department of Neurological Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Neurosurgical 3D visualizers and simulators are innovative devices capable of defining a surgical strategy in advance and possibly making neurosurgery safer by rehearsing the phases of the operation beforehand. The aim of this study is to evaluate Surgical Theater™ (Surgical Theater LLC, Mayfield, OH, USA), a new 3D neurosurgical planning, simulation, and navigation system, and qualita…

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