Need help now?Craniotomy in a MRI
This is what enabled Meg to have her surgery. This technology has been around for about twenty years in the USA and was pioneered by Peter Black. It is only just arriving in the UK. This technique enables neurosurgeons to do less invasive surgery, even in the most delicate and inaccessible areas of the brain. Sometimes it is difficult for a surgeon to distinguish the tumour from the tissue surrounding it.An intraoperative MRI works between the magnets in the open space, which is an operating theatre. Because the magnets can be used at any time during the surgery real time images of the brain can be seen as the surgeon operates. The extent of the resection can be monitored with periodic images throughout, which ensures a more accurate resection and is safer because any brain bleeds can be dealt with quickly.
