Fredrick Johnson Joseph (left), ARTORG Center, University of Bern and med. David Bervini (right), University Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern
Fredrick Johnson Joseph ( left ), ARTORG Center, University of Bern and med. David Bervini ( right ), University Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern © ARTORG, Adrian Moser - Aneurysm operations in the brain rank among the most delicate procedures in neurosurgery. A new training technology co-developed between Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and ARTORG Center of the University of Bern, will further improve patient safety during future procedures: a new 4D simulator enables the planning, testing and optimization of the procedure on an exact 4D model, which also emulates the blood, blood vessels and pulse. Approximately 2 out of 100 adults have an aneurysm, a balloon-like dilation of a brain artery, very often without feeling or knowing it. Depending on its size and stability, there is a risk that an aneurysm will rupture and cause a cerebral hemorrhage. Neurosurgical treatment of brain aneurysms is challenging because of their unique anatomical features, location and involvement of blood vessels. For this reason, careful consideration of the risk of rupture versus the risks of surgery is necessary.
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