Image-guided surgery enables spine surgeons to see and navigate through the patient's anatomy three-dimensionally in real time before and during surgery. The use of such technologies results in greater surgical accuracy and increased ability to apply minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Image-guided navigation has several applications in the management of complex spinal disorders, such as anterior screw fixation, cervical lateral mass screw fixation, cervical corpectomy and the resection of spinal neoplasms via a posterior approach. The navigational workstation also provides superior image manipulation capabilities. This allows the surgeon to scroll through reformatted CT scans in multiple planes, providing for optimum preoperative planning and improved intraoperative anatomical assessment. |
