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credit: Augmedics xvision Spine System xvision allows
surgeons to visualize the 3D spinal anatomy of a patient during surgery as if
they had “x-ray vision,” and to accurately navigate instruments and implants
while looking directly at the patient, rather than a remote screen.
Augmedics,a Chicago-based company and a pioneer in AR surgical image guidance, has announced its groundbreaking xvision Spine System has been successfully used for the first time in a spinal fusion surgery in the United States at Johns Hopkins.
“This is like a GPS for the spine,” said Dr. Timothy Witham, director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Spinal Fusion Laboratory, who was one of three surgeons performing the procedure.
Hands-Free Technique Shortcomings
Each year there are approximately 1.62 million instrumented spinal procedures performed in the United States alone.The majority of those are done using a hands-free technique, which can lead to suboptimal outcomes, including up to 31 percent of freehand s…
Augmedics,a Chicago-based company and a pioneer in AR surgical image guidance, has announced its groundbreaking xvision Spine System has been successfully used for the first time in a spinal fusion surgery in the United States at Johns Hopkins.
“This is like a GPS for the spine,” said Dr. Timothy Witham, director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Spinal Fusion Laboratory, who was one of three surgeons performing the procedure.
Hands-Free Technique Shortcomings
Each year there are approximately 1.62 million instrumented spinal procedures performed in the United States alone.The majority of those are done using a hands-free technique, which can lead to suboptimal outcomes, including up to 31 percent of freehand s…