Removal of lumber spine foreign body using minimal access system with navigation
Removal of a foreign body from the spine is often time a surgical challenge. Recent developments in computer-assisted surgery (CAS) have brought major improvements into the operating room. Most Medical procedures nowadays take advantage of the minimal invasiveness, precision, velocity and interactiv...
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pubmed-44219462015-05-13 Removal of lumber spine foreign body using minimal access system with navigation Alzhrani, Gmaan A. Alturki, Abdurahman Y. Almusrea, Kaled N. Case Report Removal of a foreign body from the spine is often time a surgical challenge. Recent developments in computer-assisted surgery (CAS) have brought major improvements into the operating room. Most Medical procedures nowadays take advantage of the minimal invasiveness, precision, velocity and interactivity provided by the computer-assisted systems. Minimally invasive techniques (MIT) like microscopy, stereotaxy, endoscopy and neuronavigation facilitate the procedures improve neurosurgical results and reduce operative complications. In this technical report we used minimal access system with navigation to remove a broken spinal needle at L4-L5 level from an asymptomatic lady post delivery using a custom-made navigation-mounted pituitary rongeur. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4421946/ /pubmed/25972940 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145160 Text en Copyright: © Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Removal of a foreign body from the spine is often time a surgical challenge. Recent developments in computer-assisted surgery (CAS) have brought major improvements into the operating room. Most Medical procedures nowadays take advantage of the minimal invasiveness, precision, velocity and interactivity provided by the computer-assisted systems. Minimally invasive techniques (MIT) like microscopy, stereotaxy, endoscopy and neuronavigation facilitate the procedures improve neurosurgical results and reduce operative complications. In this technical report we used minimal access system with navigation to remove a broken spinal needle at L4-L5 level from an asymptomatic lady post delivery using a custom-made navigation-mounted pituitary rongeur. |
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