Interactive Image Guided Surgical Navigation - A First Step Towards Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery

Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery with Intraoperative Image-Guided Navigation

We present our perioperative minimally invasive spine surgery technique using intraoperative computed tomography image-guided navigation for the treatment of various lumbar spine pathologies. We present an illustrative case of a patient undergoing minimally invasive percutaneous posterior spinal fusion assisted by the O-arm system with navigation. We discuss the literature and the advantages of...

Virtual neck exploration for parathyroid adenomas: a first step toward minimally invasive image-guided surgery.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of 3-dimensional (3D) virtual neck exploration (VNE) as a modality for preoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas in primary hyperparathyroidism and assess the feasibility of using augmented reality to guide parathyroidectomy as a step toward minimally invasive imageguided surgery. DESIGN Enhanced 3D rendering methods can be used to transform compu...

Image-guided Minimally Invasive Therapy

The Body Image Dissatisfaction and Psychological Symptoms among Invasive and Minimally Invasive Aesthetic Surgery Patients

BACKGROUND Elective aesthetic surgeries are increasing in the Iranian population with reasons linked to body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms. This study compared the body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms among invasive and minimally invasive aesthetic surgery patients and a control group. METHODS Data from 90 participants (invasive aesthetic surgery=30 ...

Minimally invasive image-guided cochlear implantation surgery: first report of clinical implementation.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Minimally invasive image-guided approach to cochlear implantation (CI) involves drilling a narrow, linear tunnel to the cochlea. Reported herein is the first clinical implementation of this approach. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS On preoperative computed tomography (CT), a safe linear trajectory through the facial recess targeting the scala tympani was...