AANS Beyond 2021: Full Collection-New and evolving technologies for minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery: Virtual Reality and Exoscopes

New and evolving technologies for minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery: Virtual Reality and Exoscopes

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Video Summary

In this video, Dr. Dan Shuba from Northwell Health discusses new and evolving technologies for minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery. He focuses on virtual reality exoscopes and augmented reality platforms. Dr. Shuba describes the benefits of these technologies in improving safety, decreasing variability, and enhancing planning in spine surgery. He shares his own experiences using augmented reality navigation and an exoscope, highlighting their accuracy and potential for improving surgical outcomes. Dr. Shuba also mentions the availability of these technologies and concludes that improving visualization is key to achieving safety, reducing variability, and enhancing planning in spine surgery.

Keywords

Dr. Dan Shuba

Northwell Health

minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery

virtual reality exoscopes

augmented reality platforms