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The combination of Navigated technologies with MIS spinal solution offer great technical and clinical advantages for the surgeons, the hospital and the patient.
surgical workflow to allow for more treatment options
to no radiation exposure2
reduction in screw misplacement1-5
reduction in hospital costs9, 10
reduction in patient hospital stay with MIS (vs open)9
less risk of medical complications with MIS9
patients could avoid revision surgery8
faster postoperative recovery with MIS surgery (compated to open surgery)9
needed revision surgery due to screw misplacement
"The first thing is that you add a lot of safety by performing a based navigated procedure. The 3D visualization of instruments and implants helps you a lot, during the whole procedure to increase your safety and not breaching some wall of the vertebra or the pedicle”
Prof. Patrick Strube
Universitätsklinikum Jena
Eisenberg, Germany
Listen to Mr Morris, Dr. Bobinski & Dr. Niemeyer on the benefits of Navigating spinal procedure
* The data and content included in this presentation express only the clinical perspective of the presenter. They are completely independent and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Medtronic
Silbermann J, Riese F, Allam Y, Reichert T, Koeppert H, Gutberlet M. Computer tomography assessment of pedicle screw placement in lumbar and sacral spine: comparison between free-hand and O-arm based navigation techniques. Eur Spine J 2011;20(6):875-81.
Shin MH, Ryu KS, Park CK. Accuracy and safety in pedicle screw placement in the thoracic and lumbar spines: Comparison study between conventional C-arm fluoroscopy and navigation coupled with O-arm (registered trademark) guided methods. J Korean Neurosurg Soc 2012;52(3):204-9.
Allam Y, Silbermann J, Riese F, Greiner-Perth R. Computer tomography assessment of pedicle screw placement in thoracic spine: comparison between free hand and a generic 3D-based navigation techniques. Eur Spine J 2013;22:648-53.
Shin, M.-H., Hur, J.-W., Ryu, K.-S., & Park, C.-K. Prospective Comparison Study between the Fluoroscopy-guided and Navigation Coupled with O-arm -Guided Pedicle Screw Placement in the Thoracic and Lumbosacral Spines. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques. 2015. 28(6), E347–E351.
Verma, S. K., Singh, P. K., Agrawal, D., Sinha, S., Gupta, D., Satyarthee, G. D., & Sharma, B. S. (2016). O-arm with navigation versus C-arm: a review of screw placement over 3 years at a major trauma center. British Journal of Neurosurgery, 1–4.
Tajsic T, Patel K, Farmer R, Mannion RJ, Trivedi RA. Spinal navigation for minimally invasive thoracic and lumbosacral spine fixation: implications for radiation exposure, operative time, and accuracy of pedicle screw placement. Eur Spine J. 2018 Aug ;27(8) :1918-24
Van de Kelft E, Costa F, Van der Planken D, Schils F. A prospective multicenter registry on the accuracy of pedicle screw placement in the thoracic, lumbar, and sacral levels with the use of the O-arm imaging system and StealthStation Navigation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Dec 1 ;37(25) :E1580-7.
Dea, N., Fisher, C. G., Batke, J., Strelzow, J., Mendelsohn, D., Paquette, S. J., … Street, J. T. (2016). Economic evaluation comparing intraoperative cone beamCT-based navigation and conventional fluoroscopy for the placement of spinal pedicle screws: A patient-level data cost-effectiveness analysis. Spine Journal, 16(1), 23–31.
Goldstein, C.L., et al., Perioperative outcomes and adverse events of minimally invasive versus open posterior lumbar fusion: Meta-analysis and systematic review. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016. 24(3): p416-427. 10. Vertuani, S. et al., A cost-effectiveness analysis of minimally invasive versus open surgery techniques for lumbar spinal fusion in Italy and the United Kingdom. Value Health, 2015. 18(6): p. 810-816.
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