Recently, Philips External stated that the company is developing a new surgical system that will use AR technology to guide surgeons to better perform open and minimally invasive spine surgery. The system will combine the patient's external and internal images in real time to help the doctor during surgery.
Open spine surgery often requires a large incision, and the surgeon needs to see and touch the patient's spine with the naked eye. Minimally invasive surgery through a small incision in the skin can better reduce blood loss and soft tissue injury, postoperative pain, and has increased in recent years. However, postoperative minimally invasive surgery limits visibility, so surgeons need real-time imaging and navigation systems to guide them.
According to the statement, Philips' platform will capture the camera through low-dose X-ray acquisition and perform 3D stereo imaging of the patient. This also allows the surgeon to obtain a real-time view of the spine at the incision site. In addition, the system can also be used for minimally invasive skull and trauma surgery.
"This new technology allows us to obtain high-resolution 3D images of the patient's spine before surgery, to design the optimal surgical path in advance, and the system's fully automated augmented reality navigation will help us determine where to place the pedicle screw," Reeker said. Dr. Skúlason of Landspitali University Hospital of Jacob praised. "We can also examine the patient's overall results directly in the operating room 3D without moving the patient near the CT scanner, all of which can be done without any radiation exposure to the surgeon, and this way for the patient's The radiation dose is also minimal."
The preclinical study of the platform was published in Spine in November. The surgeon placed 94 pedicle screws in the four spine and successfully placed 47 screws on one side of the spine using augmented reality surgical navigation while the other screw was successfully placed on the other side of the spine. The study found that the overall accuracy of screw mounting was improved (from 64% to 85%) using Philips technology.
Philips said that in the joint clinical research program, augmented reality platform technology will be installed in the Philips hybrid operating room of 10 clinical partners.
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