In preparation for an operation using IGS, internal images of the patients are taken several days before the operation. This is done through the use of either a CT scan or through magnetic resonance imaging. Three-dimensional images are then formed from these two dimension images through the use of very sophisticated software. The three-dimensional images contains and shows the muscles, tissues, nerves and organs of the patient which are needed by the surgeons in order to be able to make a plan for the operation. The patient is then built-in with a special probe on the day of the surgery.
Attached to the probe are light emitting diodes. The light emitting diodes are tracked through the used of a camera that is attached to a computer. The camera provides real time information and can also be adjusted and manipulated by the surgeon through the use of a mouse or a touch screen. By comparing the information taken before the operation to the patient’s real anatomy, surgeons are ale to see what they want and need to see with great accuracy. It even enables the surgeons to track down the instruments that they are using and how it enters the body.
Even the angle by which the instrument is entering the body can be determined. Image-guided Surgery ensures that the vital structures are safe and provides best recovery for the patient. Conclusion Image-guided surgery is truly a great innovation in the field of medicine. Through the development of technology and newly discovered scientific knowledge, this truly amazing method of operation had been possible. Not only that IGS decrease the time it takes for an operation but better results are also being obtained from using such method. As a result, greater satisfaction and faster recovery of the patients are achieved.
Not only the patients benefit from this type of surgical operation but the surgeons as well because it provides the surgeons a better and faster way of examining the patient, through the use of MRI and other technological advancement and making certain adjustments during the operation when necessary. Also it decreases the risk of other patients because it is able to trace tumors even if they are well hidden and cannot be traced or seen by other method. It is also able to save lives because those cases that had been considered as “inoperable” can now be operated through Image-guided Surgery.
Image-guided Surgery will surely go a long way through the different advancement of science and technology today and that will be known and developed it the future. The future of surgery and other medical operation will surely be successful through Image-guided Surgery.
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