Image-Guided Navigation System for Spinal Surgery

A new 3-D image-guided navigation system is designed to increase safety and improve clinical outcomes of pedicle screw fixation while reducing the cumulative radiation exposure, specifically in minimal invasive approaches. The system has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The navigation system also reduces the time required to perform pedicle screw fixation, a procedure used to realign spinal conditions. Risks include nerve root or vessel damage, paraplegia, loss of sensitivity, incontinency, and erectile dysfunction. The navigation system works without wires and allows surgeons to integrate their own instruments into the operating procedure. Using the system, called VectorVision Fluoro 3D, surgeons can follow the movements of their instruments on the computer screen in real-time during procedures. The system supports neurosurgic, orthopedic, and ear, nose, and throat procedures. VectorVision Fluoro 3D is the product of BrainLab (Munich, Germany).

"Spinal surgery has traditionally been a long, complicated, painful process for patients,” said Dr. Greg Anderson, department of orthopedic surgery, University of Virginia Health System (Charlottesville, USA). "VectorVision Fluoro 3D helps us safely, accurately, and efficiently to complete complicated cases requiring spinal implants.”





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