Table 1 The types of neurosurgical approaches/procedures that were simulated on non-animal head models
No. | Date | Author(s) | Animal’s head used | Procedure applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2003 | Borucki and Szyfter [10] | Swine | Endoscopic surgery of the cerebellopontine angle |
2 | 2005 | Hicdonmez et al. [11] | Cow | Interhemispheric-transcallosal approach to the lateral ventricle |
3 | 2006 | Hicdonmez et al. [12] | Cow | Approach to the circle of Willis |
4 | 2006 | Hicdonmez et al. [13] | Sheep | Posterior fossa approach |
5 | 2006 | Hicdonmez et al. [14] | Sheep | Surgery for craniosynostosis |
6 | 2008 | Hamamcioglu et al. [15] | Sheep | Microneurosurgical dissection of cranial nerves in posterior fossa |
7 | 2010 | Regelsberger et al. [16] | Swine | Artificial tumor created by injection of colored fibrin glue |
8 | 2011 | Olabe et al. [17] | Swine | Cerebral aneurysm creation, clipping and vessel reconstruction |
9 | 2012 | Yatomi et al. [18] | Swine | Terminal aneurysms creation |
10 | 2013 | Turan Suslu et al. [19] | Cow | Retrosigmoid approach |
11 | 2013 | Scholz and Vavruska [20] | Sheep | Intraoperative ultrasound in neurosurgery |
12 | 2014 | Aurich et al. [21] | Swine | Transcallosal approach to the lateral ventricle, middle cranial fossa dissection, posterior cranial fossa dissection |
13 | 2014 | Silva et al. [22] | Swine | Skull base approaches |
14 | 2014 | Altunrende et al. [23] | Sheep | Approach to the orbit and the optic nerve |
15 | 2014 | Sheep | Approach to the orbit and the optic nerve | |
16 | 2014 | Vavruska et al. [25] | Sheep | Intraoperative ultrasound in neurosurgery |
17 | 2015 | Tatarli et al [26] | Cow | Bifrontal and fronto-lateral approaches |
18 | 2015 | Sheep | Brain tumor resection | |
19 | 2018 | Gökyar [28] | Cow | Sylvian fissure microdissection |
20 | 2019 | Elsayed et al. [29] | Swine | Posterior fossa surgery |
21 | 2019 | Altun et al. [30] | Cow | Microsurgical intrinsic and extrinsic brain tumor surgery |
22 | 2019 | Gökyar et al. [31] | Cow | Microsurgical sulcal-cisternal and fissural dissection |