Image-Guided Neurosurgery

What is Image-Guided Technology for Neurosurgery?

It functions like a "global positioning system" providing valuable information on the relative positions of instruments, healthy anatomy and surgical targets during delicate brain surgery.
With the use infrared signals and tracking software, surgeons are provided with an interactive display of a patient's brain anatomy during surgery.
In addition, surgeons are able to use this technology for planning pre and postoperatively for each procedure and focusing on the area of interest with segmenting technology.

How does Navigation Work?

Prior to surgery, image scans (CT, MRI, PET) show brain anatomy and reveal the location and extent of abnormality.
Using the scans, surgeons build a virtual 3-D model of the patient's head and identify landmarks that will be registered with the patient's real anatomy.
Surgeons plan the procedure by using the virtual model to determine the size of incision and the angle and depth of entry into the brain.
In the operating room, the surgeon uses infrared sensors attached to the patient's head and surgical instruments to register the patient's anatomy.
During surgery, camera mounted infrared sensors communicate with the navigation tools and continuously feed the location of the coordinates to a computer and is displayed on a monitor.
The software compensates for patient movement, continuously calculating and displaying the location of the surgical instruments relative to the patient's anatomy.

What are the Potiential Benefits of Navigation?

Who has the Potential to Benefit from Navigation?

Image-Guided Technology is increasingly used in 850,000 neurosurgical procedures performed each year in the U.S.

How can an individual learn more about the Stryker Navigation System?

Individuals who would like to learn more about the Stryker Navigation System or other Stryker products, can go online to www.stryker.com/navigation.