Apart from assisting in drivers locate the right road, satellite navigation systems will now aid brain surgeons to locate tumours and vital blood vessels. The technology will also be used to guide them along the right path during critical operations and will help in avoiding wrong turns that could affect the patient. The Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire houses two speciality brain surgery theatres that include one of the most technologically advanced brain navigation systems in the world.
Donated by the Sydney Driscoll Neuro Science Foundation, the equipment is presently being used during brain tumour and spinal injury operations and could also be used for delicate surgical procedures in the future. According to Consultant neurosurgeon Aprajay Golash, the brain navigation equipment will have a brain scan which will recognise “where an instrument is in the brain”. He also added that the procedure was very delicate, as there was no “second chance if a structure gets damaged.”
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