Ziehm Imaging and BrainLAB Improve Trauma and Spine Surgery With X-ray Based ...(ntation in the OR Three-dimension...)

Three-dimensional X-ray images from the Ziehm Vision2 FD Vario 3D offer surgeons an intra-operative 3D view of the patient's anatomy in the current surgical position and are therefore particularly suitable for complicated procedures in which millimeter-level precision is essential. The C-arm's fully-digital flat-panel technology provides distortion-free images in more than 16,000 shades of gray-four times more than C-arms with conventional image intensifiers. This can enable doctors to make more precise diagnoses.

At the Clinic and Outpatients' Department for Trauma, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery at Leipzig University Clinic, Professor Christoph Josten has gained clinical experience with Ziehm Vision2 FD Vario 3D. "3D imaging during operations provides us with a precise overview, allowing us to position pedicle screws more accurately", explains Professor Josten. "This applies particularly for the problematic cervical spine and the thoracic spine that are hard to spot with conventional X-rays. The 3D function especially helps us to avoid injuring any sensitive structures such as the spinal cord. Therefore, it increases the safety of the surgery and can replace radiological follow-up scans. As a result, our patients are only exposed to low doses of X-rays and do not have to accept high radiation in post-operative control scans. Our clinic benefits from more efficient procedures and from the possibility of minimally invasive surgeries that help reduce the need for pain treatment, rehab phases and eventually the stationary stays."

X-ray based navigation with BrainLAB technology

Surgical navigation can also work more precisely in combination with optimized 3D X-ray images. Ziehm Imaging Inc.'s exclusive Vision2 FD Vario 3D imaging can be used with surgical navigation from BrainLAB, providing intra-operative 3D datasets with advantages such as distortion-free images, high resolution, an
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