Anne-Sophie Mehdorn, Matthias Mehdorn, H Maximilian Mehdorn
{"title":"Vascular Injury During Lumbar Disc Surgery: Case Report.","authors":"Anne-Sophie Mehdorn, Matthias Mehdorn, H Maximilian Mehdorn","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-12887-6_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12887-6_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A retroperitoneal organ injury-vascular injury or solid organ injury-that occurs during lumbar disc surgery needs to be dealt with adequately, because otherwise it could result in a poor (or, even, fatal) outcome of a \"simple\" procedure. Vascular injuries require special attention from the neurosurgical side (think of the possibility!) and cooperation between neurosurgeons and abdominal/vascular surgeons. In the presented case of a very obese female patient, a bite injury of the aorta during L3/4 disc surgery led to delayed intra-abdominal hemorrhage, which then required an emergency abdominal operation followed by major thromboembolic complication, and ultimately resulted in amputation of the patient's healthy leg. Pitfalls in intraoperative diagnosis and postoperative care are discussed, along with related medicolegal issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"130 ","pages":"185-189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10309743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel A Arraez, Cinta Arraez-Manrique, Bienvenido Ros, Guillermo Ibañez
{"title":"Major Internal Carotid Artery Injury During Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery: Case Report.","authors":"Miguel A Arraez, Cinta Arraez-Manrique, Bienvenido Ros, Guillermo Ibañez","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-12887-6_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12887-6_3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Major vascular structures are always at risk during complex skull base surgery, particularly with use of the endoscopic endonasal approach, and intraoperative damage of the internal carotid artery (ICA) can be a devastating complication. Herein, we report a case of a young patient who had a major injury of the left ICA during endoscopic resection of a recurrent petrous bone chordoma. Massive bleeding was controlled by a Foley balloon inserted and kept in the resection area. Urgent angiography revealed a persistent leak from the petrous segment of the left ICA, and the vessel was sacrificed with coiling, since a balloon occlusion test showed good collateral blood flow. The patient woke up from anesthesia without a neurological deficit. Salvage resection of recurrent skull base neoplasms deserves specific attention because of the possibility of major vascular damage. In cases of intraoperative ICA injury, its management requires immediate decisions, and the available possibilities for endovascular therapy should always be considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"130 ","pages":"19-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9953593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cottonoid Retention After Craniotomy: Causes and Ways to Avoid It.","authors":"Anton V Kalinovskiy, Jamil A Rzaev","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-12887-6_16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12887-6_16","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nonabsorbable surgical material left in an surgical wound may cause early postoperative infections and specific types of granulomas; thus, it represents a dangerous complication in neurosurgery. The authors have analyzed their experience and present four cases of cottonoid retention after intracranial tumor resection. During 5-year period (from 2013 until 2017), the incidence of such an undesirable event after craniotomy for various indications was 0.07%. It was not related to the professional experience of the operating neurosurgeon, but cases of deep-seated lesions, the presence of brain edema or excessive bleeding of neoplastic or peritumoral tissue, prolonged surgeries, use of cottonoids without marking thread, and inadequate counting of disposable surgical materials at the end of the procedure may increase the risk of this complication. In all of the presented cases, the retained cottonoids were clearly seen on postoperative computed tomography because of the presence of radiopaque identifiers. All of the patients underwent an urgent reoperation for removal of the foreign body within 24 h after completion of the primary surgery, and they subsequently experienced an uneventful postoperative course without any complications. Well-coordinated work of the surgical team-in particular, appropriate communication between the surgeon and the circulating nurse during counting of surgical materials at the end of the procedure-is absolutely necessary for prevention of cottonoid retention after brain surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"130 ","pages":"127-133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10309742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Curcio, F F Angileri, R Zaccaria, Antonino Francesco Germanò
{"title":"Avoiding the Blinded Funnel: A Combined Single Piece Fronto-Temporo-Orbito-Zygomatic Craniotomy Endoscopic-Assisted Approach with Multimodal Assistance for an Epidermoid Tumor of Meckel's Cave-Case Report.","authors":"A Curcio, F F Angileri, R Zaccaria, Antonino Francesco Germanò","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_18","DOIUrl":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_18","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A Meckel's cave tumor poses a great challenge because of the peculiar neurovascular structure of the area and the deep location. Multiple surgical approaches have been designed for this area. In this report, we describe a case treated with a combined one step single piece fronto-temporo-orbito-zygomatic craniotomy (FTOZ) endoscopic-assisted approach for the treatment of an epidermoid tumor of Meckel's cave. A 51-year-old woman presented with a clinical history of left trigeminal neuralgia and paresthesia. CT imaging revealed a left basal temporal tumor. MR showed a tumor located in Meckel's cave near the cavernous sinus, with a good enhancement after gadolinium administration. The tumor was resected through a lateral basal subtemporal extradural approach followed by an intradural approach using intraoperative neuronavigation, endoscopic assistance, neurophysiological monitoring, and an intraoperative ultrasound probe. The lesion was completely removed. No new onset neurological damage has occurred. The symptoms improved following surgery. The aesthetic appearance of the patient was respected. The combined approach with a single piece fronto-temporo-orbito-zygomatic craniotomy has enabled us to work on a wider operating field to completely remove the lesion avoiding blind spots.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"135 ","pages":"109-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139048004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giacomo Cammarata, Gianluca Scalia, Roberta Costanzo, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Massimo Furnari, Giancarlo Ponzo, Massimiliano Giuffrida, Rosario Maugeri, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Giovanni Federico Nicoletti, Francesca Graziano
{"title":"Fluoroscopy-Assisted Freehand Versus 3D-Navigated Imaging-Assisted Pedicle Screw Insertion: A Multicenter Study.","authors":"Giacomo Cammarata, Gianluca Scalia, Roberta Costanzo, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Massimo Furnari, Giancarlo Ponzo, Massimiliano Giuffrida, Rosario Maugeri, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Giovanni Federico Nicoletti, Francesca Graziano","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_65","DOIUrl":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_65","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Pedicle screw placement is a widely accepted surgical procedure for spinal fixation. Despite increases in knowledge about and expertise in pedicle screw insertion techniques, overall reported screw misplacement rates are still high. Spinal neuronavigation and intraoperative computed tomography (CT) imaging improves the accuracy and safety of pedicle screw placement through the continuous monitoring of screw trajectory. The purpose of this study is to compare pedicle screw placement under an O-arm intraoperative imaging system assisted by the StealthStation navigation system with screw placement under conventional fluoroscopy (C-arm).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For 222 patients, 1288 implanted pedicle screws in total were evaluated between 2018 and 2020. All patients underwent pedicle screw placement in the thoracic and lumbosacral regions through a posterior approach. Moreover, 107 patients (48.2%), 48 men and 59 women, underwent freehand screw placement under conventional fluoroscopy (C-arm group), whereas 115 patients (51.8%), 53 men and 62 women, underwent pedicle screw insertion under O-arm guidance with the help of the StealthStation neuronavigation system (Medtronic Navigation, Louisville, CO, USA) (O-arm group). Data were recorded and retrospectively analyzed. The accuracy of pedicle screw placement was postoperatively examined by using CT imaging and analyzed according to the Gertzbein-Robbins classification.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 1288 pedicle screws, 665 (51.6%) were placed with C-arm image-guided assistance with a mean of 6.21 ± 2.1 screws per patient and 643 (48.4%) with O-arm image-guided assistance with a mean of 5.59 ± 1.6 screws. The average time for the screw placement procedure was 3:57 ± 1:07 h in the C-arm group and 4:21 ± 1:41 h in the O-arm group. A correct screw placement was detected in 92.78% of patients in the C-arm group and in 98.13% of patients in the O-arm group. Medial cortical breach was shown in 13 Grade B screws (1.95%), 19 Grade C (2.86%), 14 Grade D (2.11%), and two Grade E (0.3%) in the C-arm group, whereas this was shown in 11 Grade B screws (1.71%) and one Grade C (0.16%) in the O-arm group. Lateral breach occurred in eight screws in both groups. Anterior vertebral body breach was shown in eight screws in the C-arm group, whereas it was shown in four screws in the O-arm group. Reoperation for screw misplacement was mandatory in five patients in the C-arm group and two patients in the O-arm group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Pedicle screw placement under an O-arm intraoperative imaging system assisted by spinal navigation showed greater accuracy compared with placement under conventional fluoroscopic control, thus avoiding the onset of major postoperative complications. Notably, a reduction in medial and anterior breaches has been demonstrated.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"135 ","pages":"425-430"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139048058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Massimiliano Visocchi, Salvatore Marino, Giorgio Ducoli, Giuseppe M V Barbagallo, Ciappetta Pasqualino, Francesco Signorelli
{"title":"Hybrid Implants in Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: The State of the Art and New Trends for Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease.","authors":"Massimiliano Visocchi, Salvatore Marino, Giorgio Ducoli, Giuseppe M V Barbagallo, Ciappetta Pasqualino, Francesco Signorelli","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_39","DOIUrl":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_39","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) still represents the first surgical option in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD) but is still burdened by several complications secondary to the loss of mobility at the treated segment and adjacent segment diseases (ASDs). To overcome those complications, hybrid surgery (HS) incorporating ACDF and cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) is increasingly performed for DDD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively reviewed the clinical, surgical, and outcome data of 85 consecutive patients (M/F, 41/44) harboring cervical disc herniation with or without osteophytes, with radiculopathy and with or without myelopathy, who underwent the anterior approach to a cervical discectomy on two or more levels with at least one disc prosthesis, along with a cage and plate or an O Profile screwed plate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All the patients improved regardless of the cervical construct used. No significant relationship between different kinds of prosthesis and their surgical level; the number of cages; and the site of the cages (screwed and/or plated) was found concerning immediate stability, dynamic prosthesis effectiveness, and clinical improvement in all the patients up to the maximum follow-up time.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the optimal surgical technique for cervical DDD remains controversial, HS represents a safe and effective procedure in select patients with multilevel cervical DDD, as demonstrated by biomechanical and clinical studies and the present series.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"135 ","pages":"253-257"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139048059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Gianluca Scalia, Angelo Spitaleri, Maurizio Passanisi, Antonio Crea, Ottavio S Tomasi, Salvatore Cicero, Rosario Maugeri, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Massimiliano Visocchi
{"title":"Multilevel Corpectomy for Subaxial Cervical Spondylodiscitis: Literature Review and Role of Navigation, Intraoperative Imaging and Augmented Reality.","authors":"Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Gianluca Scalia, Angelo Spitaleri, Maurizio Passanisi, Antonio Crea, Ottavio S Tomasi, Salvatore Cicero, Rosario Maugeri, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Massimiliano Visocchi","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_50","DOIUrl":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_50","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Subaxial cervical spine spondylodiscitis represents a real challenge in spine surgery. In later stages multiple spinal metamers can the interested by the pathological infection and the alteration of the spinal stability leading to spinal deformity. There is scant literature on subaxial cervical spondylodiscitis management and especially on ≥three-level cervical corpectomies. The authors conducted a literature search on this specific topic and presented an emblematic case of a patient treated with circumferential cervical fixation and four-level cervicothoracic corpectomy.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A comprehensive literature review was performed using the combined Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms (multilevel) AND (sub axial spine OR cervical spine) AND (spine osteomyelitis OR spinal osteomyelitis), to search in the PubMed and Scopus databases. Our case was also included in this literature review. From our literature search the authors selected 13 papers, eight were excluded because they did not match our inclusion criteria (the involvement of only one or two levels, or did not perform corpectomy, discectomy, or cervical spine localization). The authors also presented a 71-year-old patient, in poor general clinical status who underwent several cage repositioning, with a final four-level corpectomy (C5, C6, C7, and T1), expandable C5-T1 cage positioning and C4-T2 anterior plating performed merging augmented reality, neuronavigation and intraoperative imaging.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This systematic review included 28 patients treated with ≥ three-level corpectomy (11 patients with three-level corpectomy, 15 patients with four-level corpectomy, and 2 patients with six-level corpectomy), 6 women, 5 men, and 17 not reported specifically, with a mean age of 55.9 years (range: 44-72 years). The combined anterior and posterior approach was taken in all but one case, which was treated with the anterior approach only. In one case of six-level cervicothoracic corpectomy, sternotomy was necessary. All reported patients recovered after surgery, except one who died after nosocomial pneumonia. No major intraoperative complications were reported. Usual postoperative complications include wound hematoma, pneumonia, subsidence, epidural hematoma, dural leakage, dysphagia, soft tissue swelling. The mean follow-up time was 31.9 months (range: 8-110 months).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>According to the literature search performed by the authors, multilevel corpectomies for cervical spinal osteomyelitis is a safe and effective complex surgical procedure, even in extended procedures involving up to six levels or those at the cervicothoracic junction. The use multimodal navigation merging intraoperative imaging acquisition, navigation, and augmented reality may provide useful information during implant positioning in complex and altered anatomy and for assessing the best final result.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"135 ","pages":"331-338"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139048080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Silvana Tumbiolo, Rosa Maria Gerardi, Lara Brunasso, Roberta Costanzo, Maria Cristina Lombardo, Simona Porcaro, Alessandro Adorno, Giuseppe La Fata, Saverio Paolini, Massimiliano Visocchi, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Rosario Maugeri
{"title":"Pedicle Screw Placement Aided by C-Arm Fluoroscopy: A \"Nevermore without\" Technology to Pursue Optimal Spine Fixation.","authors":"Silvana Tumbiolo, Rosa Maria Gerardi, Lara Brunasso, Roberta Costanzo, Maria Cristina Lombardo, Simona Porcaro, Alessandro Adorno, Giuseppe La Fata, Saverio Paolini, Massimiliano Visocchi, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Rosario Maugeri","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_33","DOIUrl":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_33","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The surgical technique and the intraoperative technology that support spinal pedicle screw placement have consistently evolved over the past decades to decrease the misplacement rate of pedicle screws. We retrospectively evaluated our case series by analyzing the period 2016-2020. Patients undergoing pedicle screw fixation for cervical, thoracic, or lumbar spine degenerative diseases have been included. Surgery was carried out with the aid of intraoperative 3D C-arm fluoroscopy to assess and optimize screw placement and/or correct possible mispositioning. Each patient underwent a postoperative CT scan. Our aim was to evaluate the safety and accuracy of pedicle screw placement and estimate the variation in mispositioning rates. We carried out 329 surgical procedures, as follows: 70 cervical, 78 thoracic spine, and 181 lumbar spine surgeries. An excellent overall pedicle screw positioning was obtained, with slight differences between the cervical (98.6%), thoracic (100%), and lumbar (98.9%) tracts. Accordingly, only three patients required a revision surgery owing to mispositioning (0.91%). In particular, intraoperative C-arm fluoroscopy significatively improved the accuracy of thoracic screw positioning, as shown by postoperative CT scans. Our experience proves the crucial role of intraoperative C-arm fluoroscopy in pursuing optimal technical results and improving patient outcomes at follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"135 ","pages":"213-217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139048086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pescatori Lorenzo, Tropeano Maria Pia, Lorenzo Gitto, Massimiliano Visocchi, Francesco Signorelli, Ciappetta Pasqualino
{"title":"Petroclival Clinoidal Folds and Relationships with Arachnoidal Membranes and Neural Structures of Anterior and Middle Incisural Spaces: Old Neuroanatomical Terms for a New Neurosurgical Speech in Cadaver Labs with Limited Resources Era. Part I: Osteology and Structural Anatomy of Dura Mater.","authors":"Pescatori Lorenzo, Tropeano Maria Pia, Lorenzo Gitto, Massimiliano Visocchi, Francesco Signorelli, Ciappetta Pasqualino","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_15","DOIUrl":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_15","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Purpose The role of cadaver labs in preparing new generations of effective neurosurgeons is of paramount importance. The Authors describe a personal cadaver lab experience aimed at improving the knowledge of a difficult region of the central skull base. The anterior and middle incisural spaces are regions of remarkable anatomical, and surgical interest due to complex relationships between bony, dural, arachnoidal, and neurovascular structures. The primary purpose of this study is (1) to describe the anatomy of this region with particular emphasis on the relationships between the anterior margin of the free edge of the tentorium and the sphenoid and petrous bone; (2) to identify surgical implications in many different types of neurosurgical procedures dealing with this challenging complex anatomic area.Methods Eight fresh, non-formalin-fixed non-silicon-injected adult cadaver heads and five injected formalin-fixed adult cadaver heads were analyzed in this study.Results The anatomical study was focused on the description of the relationships between bony, dural, arachnoid, and neurovascular structures. Surgical implications are described accordingly.Conclusions Detailed anatomical knowledge of this region finds concrete applications in neurosurgical practice since the anterior and middle incisural spaces are often surgically exposed in neoplastic and vascular diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"135 ","pages":"89-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139048092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of Navigation in the Surgery of Spine Tumours.","authors":"Marcel Ivanov, Matthias Radatz","doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_28","DOIUrl":"10.1007/978-3-031-36084-8_28","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Computer-assisted navigation has emerged in neurosurgery as an approach to improve intraoperative orientation and achieve better surgical results with lower complication rates. While the initial use was focused around precise identification of the surgical target, the current applications are much wider and continue to rapidly expand.Here we report our review of the main applications of navigation in spine surgery with a focus on the surgery of spine tumours operated in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in the past 10 years (2010-2020). In our unit, intraoperative navigation became a helpful and routine adjunct to the modern armamentarium of a spinal surgeon and is currently used not just for accurate placement of the implants but also for precise demarcation of the tumour margins, as well as for identification of important anatomical structures that must be preserved.Conclusion: Intraoperative navigation is a technology that helped us to improve intraoperative orientation to the unexposed anatomy and reduce the risk of iatrogenic complications; achieve better tumour resection; improve the spinal biomechanical construction; provide a safer learning environment for the spinal surgical trainees; minimise radiation exposure of the surgical team and shorten the operating time. In our opinion, it was helpful not only to reduce the risk of complications but also to perform procedures, which without navigation would have been considered inoperable or very high risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":6913,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement","volume":"135 ","pages":"173-178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139048098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}