Background With rapid advances in technology, wearable devices as head-mounted display (HMD) have been adopted for various uses in medical science, ranging from simply aiding in fitness to assisting surgery. We aimed to investigate the feasibility and practicability of a low-cost multimodal HMD system in neuroendoscopic surgery. Methods A multimodal HMD system, mainly consisted of a HMD with ...

Neurotechnology is set to expand rapidly in the coming years as technological innovations hardware and software are translated clinical setting. Given our unique access patients with neurologic disorders, expertise which guide appropriate treatments, technical skills implant brain–machine interfaces (BMIs), neurosurgeons have a key role play progress of this field. We outline current state chal...

THE CASE: In late March 2002 a private vehicle with 3 passengers was involved in a rollover accident on a highway in a small northern BC town. The vehicle occupants were transported to the nearest medical facility by the provincial ambulance service. The only passenger with significant injuries was a 10-year-old girl. She had an unclear history of loss of consciousness, was found to be “stable”...