Why is 3D imaging more effective in improving surgical outcomes? The reasons are:
1.Improvement of surgical precision
The surgeon usually looks for the entry and exit points in the “cat’s eye”, and then uses his experience to drive the nail into the vertebral arch. Surgery relies on the surgeon’s experience, and any deviation can be devastating to the patient. The accuracy of the operation can be greatly improved if the complex operation is supported by 3D imaging to ensure that the nails are accurately driven into the vertebral arch root.
◆Knowledge Points
The term “cat’s eye” refers to the projection of the arch root in the orthostatic position.
2.Simplify complex surgery
Usually the surgery of upper cervical spine is very complicated, because the surgeon has to drive the nail inside such a very narrow channel as upper cervical spine, which is surrounded by important neurovascular vessels, and once the cervical spine is damaged, it may cause the patient’s death. With the continuous development of medical imaging technology, under the guidance of 3D imaging, the entire pathway can be completely displayed in our eyes, so that this complex surgery has become simpler, and more doctors will be able to carry out this kind of surgery, and more and more patients will benefit from it.
3.Verification of the surgical effect to ensure the success of the surgery
After we finish the vertebroplasty, we can’t see the leakage of the bone cement on the 2D front and side images, but through the 3D images, we can see 360° how the bone cement is dispersed in the vertebral body. If we determine that the quality is not good at that time, we may need to do a revision, which cannot be seen on the 2D image.
Although not every surgery needs to use 3D images, but complex surgery, critical aspects, with the help of 3D images, you can avoid more surgical risks.
