Initial institutional experience using a robotic arm–enabled 4K 3D exoscope in neurosurgical operations

Jawad M. Khalifeh; Ali Karim Ahmed; Wataru Ishida; Joshua Materi; Anita Kalluri; Daniel Lubelski; Timothy Witham; Nicholas Theodore; Debraj Mukherjee; Judy Huang

doi:10.3171/2023.10.FOCVID23150

Initial institutional experience using a robotic arm–enabled 4K 3D exoscope in neurosurgical operations

Jawad M. Khalifeh
, Ali Karim Ahmed
, Wataru Ishida
, Joshua Materi
, Anita Kalluri
, Daniel Lubelski
, Timothy Witham
, Nicholas Theodore
, Debraj Mukherjee
, Judy Huang

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Abstract

The extracorporeal telescope (exoscope) presents a novel digital camera system as a versatile alternative to traditional optical microscopy for microsurgery and minimally invasive neurosurgical operations. Recent innovations in exoscope technology offer 4K-definition multiscreen outputs, pneumatic robot arms, 3-dimensional depth perception, and greater illumination, focus, and magnification powers for enhanced intraoperative visualization. The authors present their initial institutional experience using a robotic arm–enabled 4K 3D exoscope in a variety of cranial and spinal neurosurgical operations, namely Chiari decompression, microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia, anterior cervical discectomy, and lumbar decompressions.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	V2
Journal	Neurosurgical Focus: Video
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3171/2023.10.FOCVID23150
State	Published - Jan 2024
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

3D high-definition visualization
intraoperative visualization
neuronavigation
robotic exoscope

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Neurology

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