Authors: Peter Grunert Joachim Oertel
Publish Date: 2010/11/18
Volume: 153, Issue: 1, Pages: 202-202
Abstract
We thank Drs Arrese and Urculo for their careful considerations of our publication on fluoroscopicguided needle insertion in the foramen ovale The authors describe an alternative procedure to control the needle position in the foramen ovale They apply neuronavigation by inserting a magnetic guide inside the needle as a pointer We congratulate the authors for their splendid idea and for the nice technique they developed Never having done such a procedure the technique appears to be elegant and adequate There are always different approaches to a single problem To us the most important issue is that the needle position in the foramen ovale can be controlled with a simple and almost always readily available technique without significant additional costs Thus to us application of neuronavigation seems to be rather oversized having an online technique available which gives us realtime information on the needle position as described in our publication However further studies might define specific indications for any of both techniques
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