U-M first in state to use 3-D spine surgery system

The O-ARM Multidimensional Imaging System does a multitude of things for the patient. It allows neurosurgeons to view patient anatomy in the operative position, monitor the status of the surgery, and verify surgical changes with a 3-D volumetric image prior to the patient leaving the surgical suite - what a mouthful. The U of M is the first hospital in the state to implement such a technology.

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“The University of Michigan has long been at the forefront of performing spine surgeries in a minimally invasive way,” says Frank La Marca, M.D., director of the U-M Spine Surgery Program.

“The O-ARM, through space-age navigational technology, allows us to further improve outcomes and to apply minimally invasive techniques to spinal pathologies which until recently could not be addressed with minimally invasive techniques, including degenerative disease, spinal trauma, spinal tumors and complex spinal deformity,” continues La Marca, who is an assistant professor in the U-M departments of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering.

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