The article discusses the use of spatial computing (SC) in a surgical context to assess and plan for revision spinal deformity surgery. The case study presented involves a 79-year-old male with a history of chronic lumbar pain and lower extremity weakness following a previous lumbar decompression surgery. SC is used to reconstruct four-dimensional models of radiological imaging, providing more insight into personalized surgical approaches. The SC assessment reveals pseudoarthrosis, cord compression, and malalignment, allowing for a two-staged operation to address these issues. SC enables the evaluation of neurovascular structures, graft sizing, approach trajectory, ligament configuration, and abdominal viscera. The article concludes that SC enhances perioperative assessment and can be used for preoperative planning in spinal revision surgery
Summarised by Mr Mo Akmal – Lead Spinal Surgeon
The London Spine Unit : most advanced day surgery hospital in the world
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Spatial computing (SC) in a surgical context offers reconstructed interactive four-dimensional models of radiological imaging. Preoperative and postoperative assessment with SC can offer more insight into personalized surgical approaches. Spine surgery has benefitted from the use of perioperative SC assessment. Herein, we describe the use of SC to perform a perioperative assessment of a revision spinal deformity surgery. A 79-year-old wheelchair-bound male presented to the neurosurgery clinic…
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J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. 2023 Apr-Jun;14(2):208-211. doi: 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_48_23. Epub 2023 Jun 13.ABSTRACTSpatial computing (SC) in a surgical context offers reconstructed interactive four-dimensional models of radiological imaging. Preoperative and postoperative assessment with SC can offer more insight into personalized surgical approaches. Spine surgery has benefitted from the use of perioperative SC assessment. Herein, we describe the,
J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. 2023 Apr-Jun;14(2):208-211. doi: 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_48_23. Epub 2023 Jun 13.
ABSTRACT
Spatial computing (SC) in a surgical context offers reconstructed interactive four-dimensional models of radiological imaging. Preoperative and postoperative assessment with SC can offer more insight into personalized surgical approaches. Spine surgery has benefitted from the use of perioperative SC assessment. Herein, we describe the use of SC to perform a perioperative assessment of a revision spinal deformity surgery. A 79-year-old wheelchair-bound male presented to the neurosurgery clinic with a history of chronic lumbar pain associated with bilateral lower extremity weakness. His surgical history is significant for an L2-L5 lumbar decompression with posterior fixation 1 year prior. On examination, there were signs of thoracic myelopathy. Imaging revealed his previous instrumentation, pseudoarthrosis, and cord compression. We perform a two-staged operation to address the thoracic spinal cord compression and myelopathy, pseudoarthrosis, and malalignment with a lack of global spinal harmony. His imaging is driven by a spatial computing and SC environment and offers support for the diagnosis of his L2-3 and L4-5 pseudoarthrosis on the reconstructed SC-based computed tomography scan. SC enabled the assessment of the configuration of the psoas muscle and course of critical neurovascular structures in addition to graft sizing, trajectory and approach, evaluation of the configuration and durability of the anterior longitudinal ligament, and the overlying abdominal viscera. SC increases the familiarity of the patient’s specific anatomy and enhances perioperative assessment. As such, SC can be used to preoperatively plan for spinal revision surgery.
PMID:37448505 | PMC:PMC10336895 | DOI:10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_48_23
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Spatial Computing for preoperative planning and postoperative evaluation of single-position lateral approaches in spinal revision surgery