Figure 4
From: Minimally invasive supratentorial neurosurgical approaches guided by Smartphone app and compass
A 58-year-old man with a diagnostic hypothesis of left temporal brain abscess submitted to drainage through trepanation. (a), (b), (c), and (d) Intraoperative images showing the surgery step-by-step; (e) Surgical planning (f) Cranial CT scan after targeting; (g) and (h) pre-operative three-dimensional virtual reality reconstruction (3DVR) showing the target and its relationship with the lesion; (i) postoperative 3DVR with the trepanation; (j) Immediate postoperative cranial CT scan; (l) late radiological control, after 6 weeks, with complete resolution of the abscess.
