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Near-infrared camera for intraventricular neuroendoscopic procedures: in vitro comparison of the efficiency of near-infrared camera and visual light camera during bleeding.
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PMID:  20827482     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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PURPOSE: Bleeding is the most important problem in neuroendoscopic procedures. The visibility of the bleeding point for a long period of time is very crucial for the surgeon to stop the bleeding. In this study, the performances of a near-infrared camera (NIRC) and a visible light camera (VLC), which is widely used today, were compared in terms of the visibility duration of the bleeding point.
METHODS: A bleeding point was generated in vitro, and it was monitored with VLC and NIRC (sensitive to 850-nm infrared light), which were connected to two identical telescope systems. This trial was repeated for 40 times using different telescope systems (Clarus neurochannel endoscopy and Storz Hopkins). The images were merged and analyzed digitally.
RESULTS: Statistically, sharper brightness difference levels between bleeding point and background are achieved by NIRC than VLC. Analyses revealed that the bleeding point could be observed for a longer time with NIRC, when compared to VLC.
CONCLUSION: NIRCs may provide very significant advantages against bleedings encountered during intraventricular operations.
Authors:
Tuncer Turhan; Yusuf Ersahin
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-09-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1433-0350     ISO Abbreviation:  Childs Nerv Syst     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-02-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8503227     Medline TA:  Childs Nerv Syst     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  439-44     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, 35100, Turkey, tuncer.turhan@ege.edu.tr.
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