Minimally invasive spine surgery
Minimally invasive spine surgery is a highly precise procedure for the treatment of various spinal diseases. Transforminal thoracic discectomy (TTD) for instance requires removing only the lateral third of the facet joint when using minimally invasive spine surgery. See for yourself how this technique improves patient outcomes and enables new standards in patient care.*
* "The Spine Journal: Minimally invasive transformal, thoracic microscopic discectomy: technical report and preliminary results and complications." written by Gilad J. Regev, Khalil Salame, Eyal Behrbalk, Ory Keynan, Zvi Lidar
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About minimally invasive spine surgery procedures
After making a small incision a tubular refractor is inserted and positioned on the spinal column to the site of the disease. A surgical microscope provides the surgeon and the assistant with an enhanced detailed view of the surgical site by delivering optimal illumination and magnification. This enables you to perform minimally invasive back surgery with exceptional precision, focused on the diseased area while minimizing bleeding and surrounding tissue and muscle damage.
Improve patient outcomes with minimally invasive spine surgery
- Less bleeding during surgery (up to 88.7 % less blood loss).
- Less pain for the patient after the surgery.
- Reduced infection risk and complication rate.
- Shorter recovery time.
- Up to one half shorter hospital stays.
- Reduced tissue scar formation due to small incisions.*
*"MIS spine's promising future — Key insights from SMISS President Dr. Greg Anderson" Written by Megan Wood
“Modern spinal surgery would not be possible without a surgical microscope. Nowadays, the magnified, 3D visualization of anatomical structures enables minimally invasive surgery, which has led to a redefinition of standards in spinal surgery.”
Prof. Dr. MED. Michael Mayer
Schoen Clinic Munich Harlaching, Germany
ZEISS Spine Visualization Systems
Improved patient outcomes are supported and enabled by a surgical microscope.
Perform with absolute accuracy
A microscope enables surgeons to work with greater precision focusing only on the diseased area at the anatomy.
Image courtesy of Dr. Peter Nakaji, Barrow Neurological Institute.
A surgical microscope provides essential benefits in visualization while performing minimally invasive spine surgery:
- Superior magnification
- Crisp, sharp images
- Daylight-like visualization
Work with enhanced ergonomics
Working with a surgical microscope also provides surgeons with advanced comfort while enabling a crisp view of the patient anatomy.
“I can’t remember any colleague who has ever looked through a microscope or operated with a microscope, and afterwards put it aside to come back to the traditional way of surgery again.”
Prof. Dr. MED. Michael Mayer,
Schoen Clinic Munich Harlaching, Germany
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