According to the functions of surgical optical navigation, it enables the detection of cancer in patients, in addition to reducing arrival times to the specialist for the sick patient, by providing guidance to identify and overcome barriers that face and prevent early detection, as well as appropriate and timely diagnosis and treatment of the disease. In addition, health experts are achieving new levels of precision and safety in image capture, which are being extended and assisted by computer, amplifying images, facilitating diagnosis, planning and execution of procedures.
Today, computer-assisted localization of people at high risk of cancer reduces the risk of dying from the disease when it is detected. This navigation method enables the surgeon to assess the case much more efficiently, and thus make the best diagnosis. What’s more, the surgical procedure can be planned and simulated virtually before the surgery is performed.
Previous cancer diagnoses via surgical navigation
Currently, doctors use navigation-assisted surgery to treat certain cancerous tumors in patients. This method enables doctors to diagnose and remove tumors through smaller incisions, which can lead to shorter hospital stays and less pain for patients.
The idea of using new imaging methodologies for cancer diagnosis, such as surgical computerized optical navigation systems to help improve diagnosis, is being explored. In this technique, affected areas are analyzed continuously for around 30 seconds, enabling the tumor to be located in relation to other structures as a person breathes, rather than simply taking a snapshot at a given moment.
To help doctors provide more precise treatment measures, it determines exactly where the tumor is located within each part of the body. This practice can also be used to help show whether a tumor is adhering to or encroaching on important structures, which can help doctors diagnose whether a patient might be a candidate for surgery.
Optical navigation techniques for patients with metastases
Metastases are a common problem in cancer patients, often leading to poorer outcomes. In patients with non-extensive metastases, radiation techniques allow only the specific tumor to be treated with radiation, avoiding damage to the rest of the area. This type of radiation causes fewer side effects and remains effective in cancer treatment. Studies are currently evaluating whether administering an immunotherapy drug with radiotherapy in people who cannot undergo surgery can further reduce the size of the tumor and perhaps help people live longer. That’s why, with prior diagnosis, thanks to optical surgical navigation systems, the following benefits can be achieved:
- Approve minimally invasive operating solutions.
- Determines better visualization to perform surgery quickly and safely.
- It transfers to greater precision and a shorter, less painful procedure for patients.
- Errors are avoided, patient safety is enhanced and the surgeon’s work is clarified.
It should be emphasized that this systematic technique of surgical optical navigation used in cancer patients is advantageous, as it increases precision and reduces the after-effects that certain procedures can have. The time patients spend in hospital is also reduced, as the procedures are minimally invasive. What’s more, this surgery reduces post-operative complications.
Kalstein Surgical Optical Navigator
At Kalstein, we offer you the innovative Optical Surgical Navigation System, which helps reduce surgeon errors during surgery, by providing them with additional information through augmented reality, improving their orientation, precision and patient safety. The YR02143 optical navigation system can be used for all neurological and ENT surgeries, in particular for deep intracranial lesions, low-volume intracranial lesions, minimally invasive border intracranial lesions and minimally invasive surgeries.
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