Design and evaluation of a new synthetic brain simulator for endoscopic third ventriculostomy.

@article{Breimer2015DesignAE,
  title={Design and evaluation of a new synthetic brain simulator for endoscopic third ventriculostomy.},
  author={Gerben E. Breimer and Vivek Bodani and Thomas Looi and James M. Drake},
  journal={Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics},
  year={2015},
  volume={15 1},
  pages={
          82-8
        }
}
OBJECT Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is an effective but technically demanding procedure with significant risk. Current simulators, including human cadavers, animal models, and virtual reality systems, are expensive, relatively inaccessible, and can lack realistic sensory feedback. The purpose of this study was to construct a realistic, low-cost, reusable brain simulator for ETV and evaluate its fidelity. METHODS A brain silicone replica mimicking normal mechanical properties of a 4… 
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