An Innovation of “Stereotactic Frame Clothing”

Background: Many stereotactic brain surgeries have been performed in our center. There was difficulty in operative field preparation and patients with surgical wound infection were found. We therefore invented stereotactic frame clothing to solve these problems. Objective: The invention aims to prevent contamination and infection during stereotactic surgery, and to improve convenience in operative field preparation. Material and Method: The authors invented stereotactic frame clothing from a large piece of surgical cloth. The invention was used and evaluated with questionnaire by surgeons and surgical nurses. Results: This invention was used in 20 patients undergoing stereotactic surgery and was evaluated by ten surgeons and ten nurses. No contamination and infection was found. The device was helpful in improvement of convenience in operative field preparation. Statistical analysis showed very good satisfactory level in all aspects of evaluation. Conclusion: Stereotactic frame clothing is easy to use, convenient, safe, and helpful in prevention of intraoperative contamination. It can be used in hospitals with available stereotactic frame.