{"id":185814,"date":"2022-05-13T11:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T15:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=185814"},"modified":"2022-07-12T12:24:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T16:24:06","slug":"tech-assisted-spine-surgery-likened-to-x-ray-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2022\/05\/tech-assisted-spine-surgery-likened-to-x-ray-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech-assisted Spine Surgery Likened to \u2018X-Ray Vision\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This allows us to do even more complicated procedures in a more efficient and safer manner. — Dr. Isaac Moss<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Spine surgeons at UConn Health are reaching new heights in both traditionally and minimally invasive spine surgery with technology that enables them to essentially see the spine through the patient\u2019s skin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s X-ray vision, in a way,\u201d says Dr. Isaac Moss<\/a>, chair of UConn Health\u2019s Department of Orthopedic Surgery and co-director of its Comprehensive Spine Center. \u201cThis allows us to do even more complicated procedures in a more efficient and safer manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Using the Augmedics xVision and the Airo TruCT Mobilr Imaging systems, Moss performed central Connecticut\u2019s first \u201caugmented reality\u201d spine surgery, a posterior cervical decompression and fusion to address spinal cord compression and progressive weakness, with the new system guiding the placement of screws to stabilize the patient’s spine.
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The surgeon’s view from the headset during an augmented reality spinal procedure is similar to a “heads-up display on your windshield,” says Dr. Isaac Moss, UConn Health’s orthopedic surgery chair. (Image provided by Augmedics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before the arrival of this enhanced spinal navigation system, surgeons would use interoperative X-ray to project a two-dimensional image of the surgical field on a screen. Now, they can work with a 3D field of vision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt actually projects the images directly onto the outward field, so with the headset you\u2019re, so to speak, looking through the patient, almost like a heads-up display on your windshield,\u201d Moss says. \u201cInstead of having to look up and see the CT scan, you see the CT scan where it is inside the patient.\u201d<\/p>\n

The technology expands the range of spine surgeries that can be done using a minimally invasive approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allows you to do more complicated procedures through smaller exposures, which leads to less bleeding, less potential infections, a shorter recovery \u2014all the benefits of minimally invasive spine surgery,\u201d Moss says. \u201cWe already have a complex minimally invasive program here. We have a long history of innovation, and we are a market leader in minimally invasive spine surgery.”<\/p>\n

Candidates for augmented reality spine surgery include patients with spinal stenosis, spinal deformities, age-related degenerative spine disorders, and spinal tumors.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the UConn Health Comprehensive Spine Center<\/a>, or call 860-679-6662<\/a> for a consultation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UConn Health\u2019s leadership in minimally invasive spine surgery continues with central Connecticut\u2019s first \u2018augmented reality\u2019 procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":185816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2231,2287,1868,2235,179],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2010],"class_list":["post-185814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-well-being","category-orthopedics","category-meds","category-today-homepage","category-uconn-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 21:01:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185814"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188015,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185814\/revisions\/188015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/185816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185814"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=185814"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=185814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}