New iPad App Helps Train Neurosurgeons

Future neurosurgeons can hone necessary skills on their iPads using a new training app called VCath. The free mobile app was developed at Bangor University in the U.K. and helps neurosurgeons-in-training master an appreciation of the ventricular system in the brain.

The VCath app is designed to take a neurosurgical trainee through the steps of positioning and inserting a catheter into the brain of a virtual 3-D patient as part of a ventricular catheterisation procedure, which is used to drain fluid that has become obstructed within the ventricles of the brain. For more information, click here to read the full release.