Background and importance: Recent years have seen significant advancements in virtual reality. Implementation of this technology in combination with traditional learning methods is a powerful tool for medical teaching.
Clinical presentation: This is a 60-yr-old woman who presented with a history of headaches and was found to have an unruptured 4-mm anterior communicating artery aneurysm. After discussion, the patient elected to have the aneurysm treated by surgical clipping. The aneurysm was completely occluded through a supraorbital craniotomy with a single clip. The patient was discharged home in good condition on postoperative day 2. This case was imported into a virtual reality environment with annotated slides and operative video for resident teaching.
Conclusion: As virtual reality technology continues to grow, library of interactive case reports could revolutionize neurosurgical education.