Brain tumors, like all tumors in the body, are from benign to malignant; they are usually classified with numbers increasing from one to four. Although this classification can sometimes be made by looking at various MR images, it is usually the most healthy tumor removed by surgery or parts taken by brain biopsy; It is carried out with the microscope examination made by the pathology teachers. Knowing whether the tumor is benign or malignant, besides enabling the patient to illuminate what will happen to him in the future; More importantly, it helps to determine the order in which options such as recurrent surgeries, radiotherapy, that is, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, that is, drug therapy, will be applied for the treatment of the tumor, and in what dose.
Most of the time in patients with brain tumor, despite all modern imaging studies; There is no reliable information about the type of tumor. However, this information; It is absolutely necessary to be able to answer many vital questions such as whether surgery will be performed, the dimensions of the surgery to be performed, and therefore what will be the risk, whether radiation therapy will be given, drug therapy, that is, whether chemotherapy will be given. In such patients, in order to understand the type of tumor and especially whether it is benign or malignant; It may be necessary to take a small piece of the tumor from the brain with a relatively simple, less dangerous surgical procedure that will not affect the patient’s quality of life. The report, which will be obtained as a result of the examination of this piece by the pathology teachers, will enable the doctors who plan the treatment to make a healthier plan.
Robotic surgery does not mean surgery performed by robots. Here, the surgeon has robotic arms, the number of which can sometimes reach six; By using it in addition to his own hands, he can perform the surgery with greater precision. In other words, behind the robot is an experienced surgeon directing the robot’s arms. The use of surgical robots in neurosurgery and spine surgery is still very limited, the bulky nature of robots allows them to be used only in a limited number of operations; which make up less than one percent of neurosurgery and spine surgery. However, I would like to remind you that the surgeries performed using Neuronavigation devices, one of the most contemporary methods that guide the surgeon in brain and spine surgeries, are sometimes mistakenly performed by patients; It can also be called robotic surgery.
