Title: Use of Android Borescope USB Inspection Camera in Neurosurgery As Cost Effective Method
Authors: Prof. Y.P. Jacob Grand.M.S.,M.Ch., P.Pallavan. M.ch., Prof. M.M.Sankar.M.Ch, S.Rajkumar. MCh, R.Saravana Santhosh Kumar.M.Ch, A.R.Baskar.D.Ortho.,M.S.,M.Ch, S.S. Aravind.M.Ch.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i2.117
Abstract
Introduction and Aim: Neurosurgery is still in primitive stage in developing countries like India particularly in rural areas. Neurosurgical facilities are not available even in some medical colleges also. Neurosurgeons working in rural areas could not afford the state of the art neurosurgical instruments available in developed countries, because of the extreme cost and non availability. We are presenting cost effective Android OTG borescope camera, a cheap instrument available in the market can be used as endoscope instrument as cost effective method in Neurosurgery in rural areas.
Keywords: Endoscope, Android, Borescope, Neurosurgery.
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