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Multilevel Corpectomy for Subaxial Cervical Spondylodiscitis: Literature Review and Role of Navigation, Intraoperative Imaging and Augmented Reality.

Giuseppe Emmanuele UmanaGianluca ScaliaAngelo SpitaleriMaurizio PassanisiAntonio CreaOttavio S TomasiSalvatore CiceroRosario MaugeriDomenico Gerardo IacopinoMassimiliano Visocchi
Published in: Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement (2023)
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.
Keyphrases
  • high resolution
  • virtual reality
  • systematic review
  • patients undergoing
  • spinal cord
  • case report
  • minimally invasive
  • mass spectrometry
  • soft tissue
  • chronic pain
  • photodynamic therapy